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last updated: 02/19/08 15:35.32 (PST)
On Tuesday February 19 2008 at 2:41 PM (PST) the USArray seismic network recorded an earthquake (preliminary ml 5.0) located near Guadalupe Victoria.
Initial source parameters for this tremor are indicated below. The epicentral distance (i.e. distance separating the epicenter and the closest station in the recording network, 112A) for the USArray is 69 km (0.62 degrees).
If you felt the quake, the USGS would like to know. Please add your comments to the USGS page "Did you feel it?".
Location Maps
The red star denotes the earthquake epicenter. Triangle symbols are active stations at the time of the earthquake in the USArray (excluding ANSS backbone stations, which are represented by a diamond symbol) and colored by network. Gray lines are major rivers.
Global View:
Regional View:
| Transportable Array (TA) | |
| UC San Diego (AZ) | |
| CalTech (CI) | |
| UN Reno (NN) | |
| Uni. Utah (UU) | |
| ANSS backbone stations (US) |
Solution Parameters
| Solution Parameters | |
|---|---|
| Local Date: | Tuesday February 19, 2008 |
| Local Time: | 2:41 PM PST |
| Universal Time: | 02/19/08 (050) 22:41.29 UTC |
| Magnitude: | 5.0 ml |
| Latitude: | 32.4168 |
| Longitude: | -115.3013 |
| Depth: | 6 km |
| Author: | cit_14351140 |
| Authoritative: | yes |
Waveforms
You may view plots showing this event as recorded by USArray instruments:
- Vertical components from every eighth USArray station that recorded the event across the whole network
- 3 components recorded by the closest USArray station to the event
3-D Visualization
Staff at the SIO Visualization Center have made a 3-D visual object of this event. Viewing the object requires downloading and installing a third-party freeware plugin.
This interactive 3-D visualization includes the location of the mainshock hypocenter (red diamond), historic earthquakes over magnitude 4 (salmon orbs), historical seismicity (~7000 yellow points), town names (orange text), primary roads (purple lines), known fault traces (brown lines), an outline of the state of California (gray lines), and seismic station telemetry paths (green lines). We include topography and bathymetry of the region where regions of high elevation are in browns and light greens and regions of lower elevations are in forest greens, on the sea floor light blue indicates higher elevations than the darker blues.
For more information, visit their webpage for this event:
Proximity to Population Centers
- 25 km (15 miles) NW (310°) from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico
- 28 km (18 miles) SSE (149°) from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
- 32 km (20 miles) SSE (148°) from Calexico, CA
- 160 km (100 miles) E (93°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
News Links
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Current seismic activity measured by USArray
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Further information
Learn more about the Array Network Facility (ANF) component of USArray, the USArray experiment, the EarthScope project, and the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS).
