A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Hidalgo in Mexico on Monday. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:12:05 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/16 / 2016-08-30 01:12:05 / August 30, 2016 @ 1:12 am. Exact location of event, longitude -99.7028 West, latitude 25.9477 North, depth = 37.17 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006v7e. Unique identifier: us20006v7e. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.17 km (23 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Monterrey (c. 1 122 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Guadalupe (c. 724 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Nicolás de los Garza (c. 443 300 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Apodaca (c. 352 100 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from General Escobedo (c. 308 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santa Catarina (c. 254 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Catarina, Allende, Valle de Lincoln (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km NW of Hidalgo, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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