A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Loreto in Mexico on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000izqm. Unique identifier: us2000izqm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -110.7108 West, latitude 26.3092 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 22:39:21 / January 1, 2019 @ 10:39 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:39:21 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 71 km ENE of Loreto, Mexico.
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