A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/02/16 / 2016-02-21 00:09:32 / February 21, 2016 @ 12:09 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -92.9971° West, latitude 14.1933° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 18:09:32 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004vc3. Unique identifier: us10004vc3.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Puerto Madero (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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