A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico. Exact location of event, depth 40.53 km, -94.4416° West, 15.49° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:05:05 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000aj44. Unique identifier: us2000aj44. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/09/17 / 2017-09-10 01:05:05 / September 10, 2017 @ 1:05 am. 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 40.53 km (25 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paredón (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-five, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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