A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Loreto in Mexico on Friday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:33:05 / 5:33 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -110.8389 West, latitude 26.3473 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000j09h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j09h. Global time and date of event 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 12:33:05 / January 4, 2019 @ 12:33 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Every 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km NE of Loreto, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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