A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Felipe in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 09:06:21 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/16 / 2016-08-15 17:06:21 / August 15, 2016 @ 5:06 pm. Unique identifier: us10006dxr. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006dxr. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -114.347 West, latitude 30.5293 North, depth = 10 km. 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 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 72 km SE of San Felipe, Mexico.
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