A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico on Friday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:49:10 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -93.7686° West, 15.2225° North, depth 64.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 01:49:10 / November 3, 2018 @ 1:49 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.46 km (40 miles). Unique identifier: us2000i6aa. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i6aa.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pijijiapan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 75 km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico.
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