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Magnitude 5.0 - BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

2008 November 20 19:23:01 UTC

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Magnitude

5.0

Date-Time

Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 19:23:01 UTC

Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 11:23:01 AM at epicenter

Location

32.387°N, 115.320°W

Depth

37.1 km (23.1 miles)

Region

BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

Distances

22 km (14 miles) WNW (299°) from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja
California, Mexico

33 km (20 miles) SSE (155°) from Mexicali, Baja California,
Mexico

36 km (23 miles) SSE (153°) from Calexico, CA

160 km (100 miles) E (95°) from Tijuana, Baja California,
Mexico

Location
Uncertainty

horizontal +/- 0.9 km (0.6 miles); depth +/- 3.7 km (2.3 miles)

Parameters

Nph=027, Dmin=48 km, Rmss=0.2 sec, Gp=259°,
M-type=local magnitude
(ML), Version=C

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California Integrated Seismic
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Event
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ci14404512

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