A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 183 km SW of San Patricio, Mexico (114 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005zv0. Unique identifier: us20005zv0. Exact location of event, depth 34.16 km, -105.8927° West, 18.0058° North. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:23:10 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.16 km (21 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/16 / 2016-06-02 02:23:10 / June 2, 2016 @ 2:23 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 183 km SW of San Patricio, Mexico.
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