A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 100 km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico (62 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000auuz. Unique identifier: us2000auuz. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.84 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:33:24 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.9602 West, latitude 15.0621 North, depth = 55.84 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/09/17 / 2017-09-26 05:33:24 / September 26, 2017 @ 5:33 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 100 km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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