A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Puerto Penasco in Mexico. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:45:13 / 12:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -114.0899° West, latitude 30.8107° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/04/19 / 2019-04-06 08:45:13 / April 6, 2019 @ 8:45 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000kb8g. Unique identifier: us2000kb8g.
Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Peñasco, San Felipe (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Puerto Peñasco (c. 33 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 77 km SW of Puerto Penasco, Mexico.
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