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Minor earthquake, 3.12 mag has occurred near Ensenada in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 31.9311676S, -116.1926651WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Ensenada in B.C. in MX on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 20:23:54 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.74 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 06/09/24 / 2024-09-06 20:23:54 / September 6, 2024 @ 8:23 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -116.1926651 West, latitude 31.9311676 North, depth = 10.74 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci40726735. Unique identifier: ci40726735.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Primo Tapia, El Sauzal, Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada. Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from El Sauzal (c. 9 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Primo Tapia (c. 5 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-four 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. 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: 41 km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.12 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.1926651° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.9311676° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km E of Ensenada, 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 2024-09-06 20:23:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-06 20:26:15 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 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 150 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2205 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 ci40726735 Id of event.
Event Code 40726735 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40726735, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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