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Moderate earthquake, 5.11 mag has occurred near Maneadero in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 31.5428333S, -115.6643295WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.11 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.68 km (11 miles). The 5.11-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:30:33 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 17.68 km, -115.6643295° West, 31.5428333° North. Global time and date of event 17/08/20 / 2020-08-17 15:30:33 / August 17, 2020 @ 3:30 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ci39347679. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00qf7sez, ci39347679. A tsunami warning has been issued near Maneadero in B.C. in MX (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Sauzal, Delta, Guadalupe Victoria (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 12 800 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from El Sauzal (c. 9 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (c. 8 100 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.6643295° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.5428333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88km ESE of Maneadero, 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 2020-08-17 15:30:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-17 15:35:37 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 1 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 402 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 ,at,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5201 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 231 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci39347679 Id of event.
Event Code 39347679 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qf7sez,ci39347679, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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