A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Santa Rosalia in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -112.0418 West, latitude 27.9683 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us60005m5h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60005m5h. 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: 23/09/19 / 2019-09-23 09:28:43 / September 23, 2019 @ 9:28 am. The temblor was reported at 02:28:43 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Santa Rosalia (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Rosalia (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 76 km NNE of Santa Rosalia, Mexico.
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