A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from San Patricio in Mexico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 12:07:49 / March 12, 2016 @ 12:07 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.17 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:07:49 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004x04. Id of event: us10004x04. Exact location of event, depth 43.17 km, -105.2345° West, 18.6001° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Patricio. Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from San Patricio (c. 6 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 88 km SW of San Patricio, Mexico.
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