A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 148 km SW of San Patricio, Mexico (92 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.49 km (25 miles). Global time and date of event 01/06/16 / 2016-06-01 08:12:37 / June 1, 2016 @ 8:12 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:12:37 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -105.6135 West, latitude 18.1945 North, depth = 40.49 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005zjj. Unique identifier: us20005zjj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 148 km SW of San Patricio, Mexico.
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