Minor earthquake, 3.59 mag has occurred near Delta in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. Exact location of event, depth 16.73 km, -115.3243332° West, 32.2998352° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.73 km (10 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/19 / 2019-07-21 01:18:33 / July 21, 2019 @ 1:18 am. The temblor was reported at 17:18:33 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci38614159. Unique identifier: ci38614159.

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuma, Brawley, Somerton (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX.

B.C.Brawley Calexico Delta El Centro Mexicali Mexico MX San Luis San Luis Río Colorado Somerton United States Yuma

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.59 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.3243332° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.2998352° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.73 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14km WSW of Delta, 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	2019-07-21 01:18:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-07-21 01:24:21	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	5.56	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	automatic	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	198	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	0.1204	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.35 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	165	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mlr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci38614159	Id of event.
Event Code	38614159	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38614159,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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