A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from San Felipe in Mexico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/19 / 2019-12-10 10:41:03 / December 10, 2019 @ 10:41 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us60006pr3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006pr3. Exact location of earthquake, -114.3439° West, 30.8003° North, depth 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:41:03 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Felipe. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty 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.
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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 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: 54 km ESE of San Felipe, Mexico.
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