A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Paredon in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10004wv0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004wv0. Exact location of event, depth 56.72 km, -94.3465° West, 15.4089° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.72 km (35 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:33:03 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/03/16 / 2016-03-11 20:33:03 / March 11, 2016 @ 8:33 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paredón (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 86 km SW of Paredon, Mexico.
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