A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.47 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.47-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:52:13 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/03/20 / 2020-03-07 03:52:13 / March 7, 2020 @ 3:52 am UTC/GMT. Event id: ci38385946. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38385946. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.29 km (20 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -115.1911697 West, latitude 32.2631683 North, depth = 32.29 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calipatria, Brawley, Fortuna Foothills (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (30 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fortuna Foothills (c. 26 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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: 4 km NNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX.
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