A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 117 km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico (73 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/18 / 2018-05-19 17:48:50 / May 19, 2018 @ 5:48 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e8lt. Unique identifier: us1000e8lt. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.8 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:48:50 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -94.0829° West, 14.9453° North, depth 34.8 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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