A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us1000jixi. Event ids that are associated: us1000jixi. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/03/19 / 2019-03-19 23:39:02 / March 19, 2019 @ 11:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:39:02 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.21 km (24 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -93.2208 West, latitude 14.4402 North, depth = 39.21 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Madero. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 91 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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