A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was reported 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Estacion Coahuila in B.C. in MX on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/07/15 / 2015-07-11 15:38:39 / July 11, 2015 @ 3:38 pm. The temblor was reported at 08:38:39 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci37204319. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37204319. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.949 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, depth 22.949 km, -114.3406667° West, 31.4638333° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Puerto Peñasco (c. 33 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Peñasco, San Felipe. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 102 km SE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX.
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