A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Progreso in B.C. in MX. Exact location, longitude -115.7796667° West, latitude 32.578° North, depth = 3.52 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39642752. Id of event: ci39642752. The temblor was detected at 02:31:31 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 02:31:31 / October 1, 2020 @ 2:31 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.52 km (2 miles).
Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tecolots, Guadalupe Victoria, Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 18 km W of Progreso, B.C., MX.
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