A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 206 km NE of Socorro Island, Mexico (128 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -109.3369° West, 19.7911° North. Id of earthquake: us10008vp4. Event ids that are associated: us10008vp4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:53:21 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/17 / 2017-05-27 06:53:21 / May 27, 2017 @ 6:53 am.
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 206 km NE of Socorro Island, Mexico.
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