A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 225 km ENE of Socorro Island, Mexico (140 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/01/19 / 2019-01-27 05:20:12 / January 27, 2019 @ 5:20 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j9d0. Unique identifier: us2000j9d0. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:20:12 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -109.0715° West, latitude 19.7062° North, depth = 10 km.
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 225 km ENE of Socorro Island, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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