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

A 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.

B.C.Brawley Calexico Delta El Centro Imperial Mexicali Mexico MX San Luis Río Colorado United States Yuma

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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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