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Minor earthquake, 2.99 mag strikes near Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 31.4866667S, -115.6128333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 92 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX (57 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.6128333 West, latitude 31.4866667 North, depth = 4.94 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 15:06:06 / May 27, 2024 @ 3:06 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.94 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: ci37660124. Event ids that are associated: ci37660124. The temblor was reported at 15:06:06 / 3:06 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 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: 92 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.6128333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.4866667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, 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 2024-05-27 15:06:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-28 16:35:55 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 138 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1744 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 ci37660124 Id of event.
Event Code 37660124 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37660124, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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