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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 6 km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX


Earthquake location 32.2519989S, -115.2301636WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/07/20 / 2020-07-22 09:05:38 / July 22, 2020 @ 9:05 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38602194. Unique identifier: ci38602194. The temblor was reported at 09:05:38 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.97 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -115.2301636 West, latitude 32.2519989 North, depth = 25.97 km.

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Imperial, El Centro, Holtville. Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.2301636° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.2519989° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, 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 2020-07-22 09:05:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-22 09:08:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 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 121 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1786 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 ci38602194 Id of event.
Event Code 38602194 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38602194, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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