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Minor earthquake 2.98 mag, 15 km SW of Delta, B.C., MX


Earthquake location 32.2728333S, -115.3255WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 18:28:17 / May 12, 2024 @ 6:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -115.3255° West, latitude 32.2728333° North, depth = 19.73 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.73 km (12 miles). The 2.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:28:17 / 6:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37653884. Id of event: ci37653884.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Somerton, Imperial, El Centro. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 15 km SW of Delta, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.3255° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.2728333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km SW 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 18:28:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-13 19:07:00 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 137 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.14 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 215 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 ci37653884 Id of event.
Event Code 37653884 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37653884, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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