A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 103 kilometers (64 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.6963333 West, latitude 31.167 North, depth = 20.22 km. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:30:54 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 09:30:54 / November 20, 2015 @ 9:30 am. Unique identifier: ci37275135. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37275135. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.22 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 12 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Camalú (c. 7 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Emiliano Zapata (c. 5 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Quintín (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Quintín, Vicente Guerrero, Emiliano Zapata (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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