A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Paredon in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/18 / 2018-01-03 02:29:08 / January 3, 2018 @ 2:29 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:29:08 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bz7m. Unique identifier: us1000bz7m. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.4367 West, latitude 15.491 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paredón. Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km SW of Paredon, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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