A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX. Exact location, longitude -115.2276688° West, latitude 32.2281685° North, depth = 19.91 km. The temblor was detected at 06:16:51 / 6:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/18 / 2018-11-20 06:16:51 / November 20, 2018 @ 6:16 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38138751. Id of event: ci38138751. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.91 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Imperial, El Centro, Holtville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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