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Light earthquake, 4.32 mag has occurred near Delta in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 32.3969994S, -115.1916656WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.32 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. Exact location of earthquake, -115.1916656° West, 32.3969994° North, depth 29.2 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 08:42:42 / June 5, 2024 @ 8:42 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1717576970, ci40614631. Id of event: ci40614631. The temblor was detected at 08:42:42 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.2 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calipatria, Fortuna Foothills, Brawley (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Fortuna Foothills (c. 26 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km N of Delta, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.32 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.1916656° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.3969994° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km N 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 2024-06-05 08:42:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-05 08:47:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 automatic 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 288 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 ,ew,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3213 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 209 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci40614631 Id of event.
Event Code 40614631 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1717576970,ci40614631, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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