A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/04/19 / 2019-04-12 13:31:49 / April 12, 2019 @ 1:31 pm. Id of earthquake: us700034yw. Event ids that are associated: us700034yw. Exact location, longitude -93.1121° West, latitude 14.2607° North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was detected at 07:31:49 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mazatán, Puerto Madero (min 5000 pop).
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 four and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 90 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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