Minor earthquake: M3.55 quake has struck near Delta in B.C. in MX

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. The temblor was detected at 18:45:00 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci40747016. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40747016, ew1715539510, us6000my4u. Exact location of event, longitude -115.2628333 West, latitude 32.4228333 North, depth = 7.75 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 18:45:00 / May 12, 2024 @ 6:45 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.75 km (5 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Fortuna Foothills (c. 26 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortuna Foothills, Calipatria, Yuma (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km NW of Delta, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.55 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.2628333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.4228333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.75 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 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 18:45:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-14 18:18:17	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	4.046	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	194	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	40	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03582	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	40	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	ci40747016	Id of event.
Event Code	40747016	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40747016,ew1715539510,us6000my4u,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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