A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from San Felipe in Mexico. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.23 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jmya. Unique identifier: us2000jmya. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/02/19 / 2019-02-25 18:27:12 / February 25, 2019 @ 6:27 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:27:12 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -114.3718° West, latitude 30.3548° North, depth = 29.23 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 85 km SSE of San Felipe, Mexico.
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