A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Topolobampo in Mexico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/09/15 / 2015-09-14 01:12:13 / September 14, 2015 @ 1:12 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -109.2558 West, latitude 24.9129 North, depth = 10 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:12:13 / 6:12 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us20003j8e. Event ids that are associated: us20003j8e.
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Topolobampo (c. 7 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Topolobampo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 78 km SSW of Topolobampo, Mexico.
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