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New Orleans, Louisiana – The U.N. says it’s on track to confirm the earthquake magnitude in New Orleans on Tuesday, with the epicenter at the city’s airport, and that the quake’s intensity could reach 4.1.
The U.K. is also expected to confirm its quake, according to a statement by the British Geological Survey (BGS).
In Mexico, the state of Guanajuato, the capital, is expected to record at least three more aftershocks, the government said.
The National Weather Service in San Diego, California, is also expecting another earthquake, the agency said.
The latest quake was the first since the March 2015 magnitude 6.9 quake that killed more than 1,200 people in the southern state of Chiapas, according the U and Mexico’s central governments.
The quake’s magnitude was about 4.0.
It struck at 5:25 p.m.
(1100 GMT) in a depth of about 5 kilometers (3 miles).