A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from San Felipe in Mexico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/03/16 / 2016-03-29 08:56:16 / March 29, 2016 @ 8:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -114.257° West, 30.4741° North. Event id: us20005d4h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005d4h. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:56:16 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km SE of San Felipe, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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