A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 138 km NE of San Jose del Cabo, Mexico (86 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:37:14 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -108.5682 West, latitude 23.7468 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/17 / 2017-10-04 19:37:14 / October 4, 2017 @ 7:37 pm. 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: us2000b12w. Unique identifier: us2000b12w.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 138 km NE of San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.
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