A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 172 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico (107 miles). Global time and date of event 06/02/19 / 2019-02-06 18:42:34 / February 6, 2019 @ 6:42 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -93.9327° West, 14.203° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jeag. Id of event: us2000jeag. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:42:34 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter).
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. 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 twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 172 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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