A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 5.16 km, -115.9913333° West, 31.7236667° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.16 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/12/15 / 2015-12-12 09:21:59 / December 12, 2015 @ 9:21 am. The temblor was detected at 01:21:59 / 1:21 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ci37501160. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37501160.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Sauzal, Ensenada, Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from El Sauzal (c. 9 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX.
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