A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 92 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico (57 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000964q. Id of event: us1000964q. The temblor was detected at 21:54:16 / 9:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -93.1521 West, latitude 14.283 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/06/17 / 2017-06-19 03:54:16 / June 19, 2017 @ 3:54 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 92 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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