A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Paredon in Mexico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e8hm. Id of event: us1000e8hm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.54 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 19/05/18 / 2018-05-19 08:43:24 / May 19, 2018 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 02:43:24 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -94.0957° West, latitude 15.2553° North, depth = 29.54 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paredón (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days four hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km SSW of Paredon, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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