A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.93 km (26 miles). Global time and date of event 16/12/17 / 2017-12-16 06:37:56 / December 16, 2017 @ 6:37 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000c56k. Event ids that are associated: us2000c56k. Exact location of event, longitude -94.6462 West, latitude 15.4693 North, depth = 41.93 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:37:56 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Mateo del Mar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days four hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 84 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.
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