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Light earthquake: M4.86 quake has struck near Delta in B.C. in MX

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.4246667S, -115.2405WA light earthquake magnitude 4.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. Unique identifier: ci40746912. Ids that are associated to the event: ew1715538170, ci40746912, us6000my4j. Exact location of event, longitude -115.2405 West, latitude 32.4246667 North, depth = 8.49 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 18:22:42 / May 12, 2024 @ 6:22 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.49 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:22:42 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Fortuna Foothills (c. 26 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calipatria, Fortuna Foothills, Brawley (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 9 km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.86 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.2405° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.4246667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km NNW 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 2024-05-12 18:22:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 02:53:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 340 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.995 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 510 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 ,ew,ci,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05479 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 ci40746912 Id of event.
Event Code 40746912 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1715538170,ci40746912,us6000my4j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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