A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Loreto in Mexico on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000j0qc. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j0qc. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 12:48:14 / January 4, 2019 @ 12:48 pm. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:48:14 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -110.6803 West, latitude 26.2623 North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 72 km ENE of Loreto, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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