A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Higuera de Zaragoza in Mexico on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70006ytm. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006ytm. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 16:58:15 / January 12, 2020 @ 4:58 pm. The temblor was reported at 09:58:15 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -109.8801 West, latitude 25.479 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ahome, Topolobampo, Higuera de Zaragoza (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Ahome (c. 10 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Higuera de Zaragoza (c. 9 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Topolobampo (c. 7 600 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km SW of Higuera de Zaragoza, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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