A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 102 km SSW of Paredon, Mexico (63 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:22:42 / 12:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.16 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.1802 West, latitude 15.1606 North, depth = 44.16 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ax3x. Id of event: us2000ax3x. Global time and date of event 30/09/17 / 2017-09-30 06:22:42 / September 30, 2017 @ 6:22 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 102 km SSW of Paredon, Mexico.
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