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Light earthquake, 4.58 mag strikes near Delta in B.C. in MX

Posted by admin on May 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.4115S, -115.247WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.58 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 11.21 km, -115.247° West, 32.4115° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.21 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:04:00 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci40747088. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1715540640, ci40747088, us6000my55. Global time and date of event 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 19:04:00 / May 12, 2024 @ 7:04 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Fortuna Foothills (c. 26 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calipatria, Fortuna Foothills, Brawley (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 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: 8 km NW of Delta, B.C., MX.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.58 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.247° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.4115° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km NW 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 19:04:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 09:56:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 41 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.701 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 340 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0497 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 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 ci40747088 Id of event.
Event Code 40747088 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1715540640,ci40747088,us6000my55, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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