Minor earthquake, 3.14 mag has occurred near Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) was reported 92 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX (57 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.33 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 20:34:59 / August 19, 2024 @ 8:34 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:34:59 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -115.6281667° West, 31.4998333° North, depth 9.33 km. Unique identifier: ci40707695. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40707695.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 92 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.14 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6281667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.4998333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.33 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	2024-08-19 20:34:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-20 14:54:31	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	152	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	9	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1715	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	78	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	ci40707695	Id of event.
Event Code	40707695	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40707695,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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