A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Albox in Spain. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/10/15 / 2015-10-29 18:55:28 / October 29, 2015 @ 6:55 pm. The temblor was detected at 19:55:28 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -2.1387° West, latitude 37.3832° North, depth = 0 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Event id: us200040kb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200040kb.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Almería (c. 188 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Lorca (c. 91 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mazarrón (c. 35 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Águilas (c. 34 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Totana (c. 29 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pozo Alcón, Mazarrón, Vícar (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 1 km ESE of Albox, Spain.
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pat farmer
Live in Cantoria and definitely heard a bang and felt the building shake.