A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. The temblor was picked up at 01:06:27 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/06/19 / 2019-06-14 07:06:27 / June 14, 2019 @ 7:06 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us600040mq. Unique identifier: us600040mq. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.59 km (13 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -93.1264° West, 14.4571° North, depth 21.59 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mazatán, Puerto Madero (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 81 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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