Light earthquake, 4.82 mag was detected near Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX

A light earthquake magnitude 4.82 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX. A tsunami warning has been issued near Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:18:42 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.14 km (20 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.2083359 West, latitude 32.2028351 North, depth = 32.14 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/18 / 2018-11-19 20:18:42 / November 19, 2018 @ 8:18 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38138175, at00pigj35, us1000hu2n. Unique identifier: ci38138175.

The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Fortuna Foothills (c. 26 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brawley, Fortuna Foothills, Yuma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX.

Alberto Oviedo Mota B.C.Brawley Calexico El Centro Fortuna Foothills Mexicali Mexico MX San Luis San Luis Río Colorado United States Yuma

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.2083359° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.2028351° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.14 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-11-19 20:18:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-19 20:49:11	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	295	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	6.67	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	1	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	546	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ci	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ci,at,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	36	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.231	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	106	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci38138175	Id of event.
Event Code	38138175	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38138175,at00pigj35,us1000hu2n,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.82 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-115.2083359° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

32.2028351° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

32.14 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-11-19 20:18:42

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-11-19 20:49:11

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-480

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

295

The total number of felt reports

CDI

6.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

6.67

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

automatic

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

546

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,ci,at,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.231

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.29 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

106

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

ci38138175

Id of event.

Event Code

38138175

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,ci38138175,at00pigj35,us1000hu2n,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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