Minor earthquake, 3.03 mag strikes near Ensenada in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Ensenada in B.C. in MX. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/19 / 2019-02-26 19:31:33 / February 26, 2019 @ 7:31 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.33 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ci38475096. Event ids that are associated: ci38475096. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:31:33 / 11:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -116.3499985° West, latitude 32.0666656° North, depth = 16.33 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Tijuana (c. 1 376 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Rosarito (c. 66 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pórticos de San Antonio (c. 34 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quinta del Cedro, Tijuana, Pórticos de San Antonio (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

B.C.Ensenada Mexico MX Pórticos de San Antonio Quinta del Cedro Rosarito Tecate Tijuana

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.03 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.3499985° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.0666656° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.33 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34km NE of Ensenada, 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	2019-02-26 19:31:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-02-26 19:34:48	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	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	141	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,	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	0.3469	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	163	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci38475096	Id of event.
Event Code	38475096	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38475096,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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