A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 96 km NNE of Socorro Island, Mexico (60 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -110.4612 West, latitude 19.4825 North, depth = 18.83 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.83 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:28:14 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004e7b. Id of event: us10004e7b. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/16 / 2016-01-13 20:28:14 / January 13, 2016 @ 8:28 pm.
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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 96 km NNE of Socorro Island, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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