A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 216 km ENE of Socorro Island, Mexico (134 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -109.2195° West, 19.7822° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:03:50 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10008vp6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008vp6. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/17 / 2017-05-27 07:03:50 / May 27, 2017 @ 7:03 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 216 km ENE of Socorro Island, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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