A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Estacion Coahuila in B.C. in MX. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/10/18 / 2018-10-14 08:01:44 / October 14, 2018 @ 8:01 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.46 km (10 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:01:44 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -115.0571671 West, latitude 32.2215004 North, depth = 16.46 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37390754. Id of event: ci37390754.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Centro, Fortuna Foothills, Holtville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km WNW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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