A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 188 km WSW of San Patricio, Mexico (117 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/03/17 / 2017-03-29 22:54:14 / March 29, 2017 @ 10:54 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:54:14 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -106.2381 West, latitude 18.3488 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008d63. Unique identifier: us10008d63.
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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 188 km WSW of San Patricio, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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