A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 106 km SW of Navolato, Mexico (66 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 05:53:58 / August 7, 2015 @ 5:53 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -108.5258 West, latitude 24.1741 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:53:58 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000300a. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000300a.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 106 km SW of Navolato, Mexico.
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