A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from San Felipe in Mexico on Monday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:36:41 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -114.2693° West, 31.0784° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 19/03/18 / 2018-03-19 23:36:41 / March 19, 2018 @ 11:36 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37897343, us1000d760. Id of event: us1000d760.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Peñasco, San Felipe (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Puerto Peñasco (c. 33 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 57 km E of San Felipe, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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