A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 113 km NE of San Jose del Cabo, Mexico (70 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20009j5n. Unique identifier: us20009j5n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:02:44 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -109.0479 West, latitude 23.8907 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/17 / 2017-06-02 03:02:44 / June 2, 2017 @ 3:02 am.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 113 km NE of San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.
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