A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Paredon in Mexico on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -94.2791° West, latitude 15.3211° North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/12/18 / 2018-12-13 07:13:59 / December 13, 2018 @ 7:13 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:13:59 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000it63. Unique identifier: us2000it63.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paredón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 90 km SSW of Paredon, Mexico.
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