A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 208 km WSW of San Patricio, Mexico (129 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -106.4698 West, latitude 18.3772 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/05/19 / 2019-05-23 18:52:45 / May 23, 2019 @ 6:52 pm. The temblor was picked up at 11:52:45 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us60003rd3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003rd3.
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 208 km WSW of San Patricio, Mexico.
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