Minor earthquake: M3.96 quake has struck near Delta in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.96 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/20 / 2020-12-22 00:30:00 / December 22, 2020 @ 12:30 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.49 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.402832 West, latitude 32.3586655 North, depth = 10.49 km. The 3.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:30:00 / 12:30 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci39500455. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39500455, ew1608596997.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calipatria, Yuma, Somerton (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 20 km W of Delta, B.C., MX.

B.C.Calexico Calipatria Delta El Centro Mexicali Mexico MX San Luis San Luis Río Colorado Somerton United States Yuma

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.96 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.402832° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.3586655° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.49 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20km W of Delta, 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	2020-12-22 00:30:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-22 00:33:16	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	reviewed	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	241	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,ew,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	49	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1026	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.36 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	74	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mlr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci39500455	Id of event.
Event Code	39500455	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39500455,ew1608596997,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

3.96 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-115.402832° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

32.3586655° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10.49 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

20km W of Delta, 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

2020-12-22 00:30:00

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-12-22 00:33:16

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

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

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

241

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,ci,ew,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.1026

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.36 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mlr

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

ci39500455

Id of event.

Event Code

39500455

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,ci39500455,ew1608596997,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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