A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 112 km SSW of San Patricio, Mexico (70 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:11:52 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -105.2336° West, latitude 18.3344° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/16 / 2016-05-07 04:11:52 / May 7, 2016 @ 4:11 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005fnm. Unique identifier: us10005fnm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 112 km SSW of San Patricio, Mexico.
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