Minor earthquake, 3.94 mag strikes near Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX on Saturday. Id of earthquake: ci40786447. Event ids that are associated: ci40786447, us7000npl5. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/11/24 / 2024-11-02 20:28:40 / November 2, 2024 @ 8:28 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -115.6143333 West, latitude 31.5036667 North, depth = 3.49 km. The 3.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:28:40 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.49 km (2 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Benito García (El Zorrillo), Camalú (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Camalú (c. 7 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-six 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 91 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX.

Alberto Oviedo Mota B.C.Benito García (El Zorrillo)Camalu Mexico MX

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.94 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6143333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.5036667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.49 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	91 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	2024-11-02 20:28:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-04 16:36:26	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	95	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.073	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	267	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1832	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	108	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci40786447	Id of event.
Event Code	40786447	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40786447,us7000npl5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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