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Minor earthquake, 3.55 mag strikes near Puebla in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 32.5559998S, -115.2861633WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Puebla in B.C. in MX. Exact location of event, depth 21.17 km, -115.2861633° West, 32.5559998° North. Global time and date of event 09/10/24 / 2024-10-09 06:05:43 / October 9, 2024 @ 6:05 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ci40755079. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40755079. The 3.55-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:05:43 / 6:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.17 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna Foothills, Calipatria, Yuma. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Fortuna Foothills (c. 26 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 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.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.55 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.2861633° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.5559998° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.17 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 06:05:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-09 06:12:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.107 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 194 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.137 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 45 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 ci40755079 Id of event.
Event Code 40755079 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40755079, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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