A light earthquake magnitude 4.01 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Maneadero in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 11:30:21 / 11:30 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: ci37848759. Unique identifier: ci37848759. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.4 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/18 / 2018-01-07 19:30:21 / January 7, 2018 @ 7:30 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -115.8134995 West, latitude 31.6124992 North, depth = 13.4 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camalú, El Sauzal, Ensenada (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (49 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from El Sauzal (c. 9 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Camalú (c. 7 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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