A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 114 kilometers (71 miles) from San Patricio in Mexico. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:18:37 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005el7. Id of event: us10005el7. Exact location of event, longitude -105.3702 West, latitude 18.4051 North, depth = 13.35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/16 / 2016-05-07 00:18:37 / May 7, 2016 @ 12:18 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 13.35 km (8 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Patricio (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 115 km (72 miles) from San Patricio (c. 6 700 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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Jay Lee
a lot of quakes on west coast thesedays..