A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 213 km SW of San Patricio, Mexico (132 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -105.8583 West, latitude 17.6413 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:15:58 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20004z94. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004z94. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/02/16 / 2016-02-10 10:15:58 / February 10, 2016 @ 10:15 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 213 km SW of San Patricio, Mexico.
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