A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 85 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico (53 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.54 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -94.644° West, 15.4622° North, depth 58.54 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/17 / 2017-09-09 03:01:00 / September 9, 2017 @ 3:01 am. The temblor was detected at 21:01:00 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000ay9d. Event ids that are associated: us2000ay9d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and fifty-one, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 85 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.
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