A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from San Felipe in Mexico on Friday. The temblor was detected at 18:38:40 / 6:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.91 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 02:38:40 / July 28, 2018 @ 2:38 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -114.3914 West, latitude 31.1812 North, depth = 5.91 km. Id of earthquake: us1000g1y8. Event ids that are associated: us1000g1y8.
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Puerto Peñasco (c. 33 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Peñasco, San Felipe (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km ENE of San Felipe, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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