A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. Exact location of earthquake, -115.1706667° West, 32.4251667° North, depth 18.78 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39272488. Id of event: ci39272488. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.78 km (12 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:14:49 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 16:14:49 / January 16, 2020 @ 4:14 pm.
Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna Foothills, Brawley, Yuma. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km NNE of Delta, B.C., MX.
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