Minor earthquake 3.15 mag, 6 km E of Puebla, B.C., MX

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Puebla in B.C. in MX on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.87 km (10 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:44:47 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/10/24 / 2024-10-09 09:44:47 / October 9, 2024 @ 9:44 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.2904968 West, latitude 32.5629997 North, depth = 15.87 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci40755215. Unique identifier: ci40755215.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calipatria, Yuma, Somerton (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 6 km E of Puebla, B.C., MX.

B.C.Calexico Calipatria El Centro Mexicali Mexico MX Puebla San Luis Río Colorado Somerton United States Yuma

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.15 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.2904968° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.5629997° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15.87 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km E of Puebla, 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	2024-10-09 09:44:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-09 09:47:16	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	153	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	45	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1436	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	36	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	ci40755215	Id of event.
Event Code	40755215	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40755215,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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