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Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag strikes near Delta in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 32.4221667S, -115.2475WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -115.2475 West, latitude 32.4221667 North, depth = 10.86 km. Global time and date of event 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 17:43:49 / May 12, 2024 @ 5:43 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40746848, us6000my4b. Id of event: ci40746848. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.86 km (7 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:43:49 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 67 km (42 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). Nearby 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 Yuma, Brawley, Imperial (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 NW of Delta, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.2475° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.4221667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.86 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 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 17:43:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 18:19:05 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 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 127 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0487 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 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 ci40746848 Id of event.
Event Code 40746848 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40746848,us6000my4b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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