A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 93 kilometers (58 miles) from San Patricio in Mexico on Tuesday. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:58:01 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us200062i7. Unique identifier: us200062i7. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -105.1442° West, 18.4885° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/06/16 / 2016-06-07 10:58:01 / June 7, 2016 @ 10:58 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 107 km (67 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 130 000 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 110 700 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Cihuatlán (c. 16 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from San Patricio (c. 6 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Manzanillo, Manzanillo, Cihuatlán (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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