A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported offshore Oaxaca, Mexico kilometers (0 miles) from offshore Oaxaca, Mexico on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700035bl. Id of event: us700035bl. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.21 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 08:08:27 / April 13, 2019 @ 8:08 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -94.4366° West, 15.4536° North, depth 41.21 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:08:27 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paredón. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: offshore Oaxaca, Mexico.
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