A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Paredon in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/10/17 / 2017-10-19 06:00:22 / October 19, 2017 @ 6:00 am UTC/GMT. 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 46.71 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -94.3969° West, 15.4° North, depth 46.71 km. Unique identifier: us1000atz0. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000atz0. The temblor was picked up at 00:00:22 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paredón (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days seventy and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 90 km SW of Paredon, Mexico.
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