A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 194 km SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (121 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.01 km (9 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:17:47 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/12/16 / 2016-12-24 05:17:47 / December 24, 2016 @ 5:17 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10007mg8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007mg8. Exact location of event, depth 15.01 km, -109.0278° West, 21.3356° North.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 194 km SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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