A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 115 kilometers (71 miles) from Estacion Coahuila in B.C. in MX. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.94 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/18 / 2018-05-18 03:36:56 / May 18, 2018 @ 3:36 am. Exact location of earthquake, -114.3395° West, 31.3298333° North, depth 5.94 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37943063. Id of event: ci37943063. The temblor was reported at 19:36:56 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Peñasco, San Felipe. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Puerto Peñasco (c. 33 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 115 km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX.
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