A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Exact location, longitude -93.1379° West, latitude 14.2459° North, depth = 53.68 km. Global time and date of event 06/03/20 / 2020-03-06 20:30:46 / March 6, 2020 @ 8:30 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 14:30:46 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 53.68 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us60008bc6. Unique identifier: us60008bc6.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mazatán, Puerto Madero (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 93 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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