A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX. The temblor was reported at 21:05:36 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/18 / 2018-08-17 05:05:36 / August 17, 2018 @ 5:05 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.35 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -115.8348312° West, 31.8959999° North, depth 8.35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38250552. Unique identifier: ci38250552.
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from El Sauzal (c. 9 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guadalupe Victoria, El Sauzal, Progreso (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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