A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Loreto in Mexico on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:37:00 / 2:37 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 09:37:00 / January 5, 2019 @ 9:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -110.5708° West, latitude 26.3351° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000j0h7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j0h7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 85 km ENE of Loreto, Mexico.
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