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Minor earthquake: M3.39 quake has struck near El Sauzal in B.C. in MX

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from El Sauzal in B.C. in MX. The 3.39-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:49:17 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 08:49:17 / December 24, 2024 @ 8:49 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.92 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -116.9956665° West, latitude 31.8841667° North, depth = 12.92 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci40827943. Unique identifier: ci40827943.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lomas de Santa Anita, Imperial Beach, Villa del Campo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Tijuana (c. 1 376 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Rosarito (c. 66 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Pórticos de San Antonio (c. 34 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Imperial Beach (c. 26 300 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 30 km W of El Sauzal, B.C., MX.

B.C.El Sauzal Ensenada Imperial Beach Lomas de Santa Anita Mexico MX Pórticos de San Antonio Rosarito Tijuana United States Villa del Campo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.39 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.9956665° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.8841667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.92 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	30 km W of El Sauzal, 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	2024-12-24 08:49:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-24 08:51:33	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	177	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	36	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2707	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	210	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	ci40827943	Id of event.
Event Code	40827943	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40827943,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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