A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Felipe in Mexico on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -114.142° West, 30.6995° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:52:42 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 13/06/19 / 2019-06-13 20:52:42 / June 13, 2019 @ 8:52 pm. Event id: us600040h9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600040h9.
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Puerto Peñasco (c. 33 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Peñasco, San Felipe (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km ESE of San Felipe, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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