A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Loreto in Mexico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 19:54:17 / January 26, 2018 @ 7:54 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000cq0x. Event ids that are associated: us2000cq0x. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.43 km (8 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -111.1018 West, latitude 26.7303 North, depth = 13.43 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:54:17 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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.
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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. 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: 82 km NNE of Loreto, Mexico.
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