A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from San Patricio in Mexico on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 22:03:40 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 05:03:40 / July 1, 2018 @ 5:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000fssd. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fssd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -105.1328° West, 19.1746° North.
The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 130 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 110 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Cihuatlán (c. 16 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Casimiro Castillo (c. 11 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from La Resolana (c. 11 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from El Colomo (c. 10 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Tomatlán (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Colomo, Casimiro Castillo, La Resolana.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km W of San Patricio, Mexico.
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