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Minor earthquake, 3.55 mag strikes near Delta in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 32.4358333S, -115.228WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -115.228° West, 32.4358333° North, depth 10.89 km. Id of earthquake: ci40747552. Event ids that are associated: ci40747552, us6000my7k. The temblor was picked up at 04:07:34 / 4:07 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/05/24 / 2024-05-13 04:07:34 / May 13, 2024 @ 4:07 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.89 km (7 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calipatria, Fortuna Foothills, Brawley. Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Fortuna Foothills (c. 26 300 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.55 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.228° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.4358333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 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 2024-05-13 04:07:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-14 04:09:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.634 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 195 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,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 0.06712 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci40747552 Id of event.
Event Code 40747552 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40747552,us6000my7k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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