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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near San Vicente in Mexico


Earthquake location 31.4866S, -115.6169WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 62 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico (39 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -115.6169° West, 31.4866° North, depth 10 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:06:42 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/06/24 / 2024-06-29 05:06:42 / June 29, 2024 @ 5:06 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000n93g. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40813432, us6000n93g.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 62 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.6169° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.4866° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-29 05:06:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-11 05:09:42 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 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.171 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us6000n93g Id of event.
Event Code 6000n93g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40813432,us6000n93g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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