A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/06/17 / 2017-06-10 19:15:48 / June 10, 2017 @ 7:15 pm. The temblor was picked up at 13:15:48 / 1:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us20009myk. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009myk. Exact location of event, longitude -93.1041 West, latitude 14.2426 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Madero. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 90 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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