Minor earthquake: M3.27 quake has struck near Rosarito in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Rosarito in B.C. in MX on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 17:08:33 / April 23, 2024 @ 5:08 pm. Id of earthquake: ci40556087. Event ids that are associated: us6000mt8w, ci40556087. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.65 km (11 miles). The temblor was reported at 17:08:33 / 5:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -117.4388333° West, 32.0565° North, depth 17.65 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Tijuana (c. 1 376 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Rosarito (c. 66 000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ensenada, El Niño, San Diego.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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: 49 km SW of Rosarito, B.C., MX.

B.C.Chula Vista El Niño Ensenada Mexico MX Rosarito San Diego Tijuana United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.27 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.4388333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.0565° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.65 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	49 km SW of Rosarito, 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	2024-04-23 17:08:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-04-24 16:22:22	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	165	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	,us,ci,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5986	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	320	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	ci40556087	Id of event.
Event Code	40556087	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mt8w,ci40556087,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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