A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 143 km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico (89 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/10/17 / 2017-10-25 21:49:44 / October 25, 2017 @ 9:49 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:49:44 / 3:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -94.1061° West, 14.6996° North, depth 28.7 km. Unique identifier: us2000bh3t. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bh3t. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.7 km (18 miles).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fourty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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