A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37246983. Id of event: ci37246983. The temblor was picked up at 10:46:51 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 17:46:51 / September 22, 2015 @ 5:46 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.96 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -115.6818333 West, latitude 31.2498333 North, depth = 5.96 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicente Guerrero, Emiliano Zapata, Camalú. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 12 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Camalú (c. 7 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Emiliano Zapata (c. 5 800 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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