A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Paredon in Mexico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/03/20 / 2020-03-07 20:30:32 / March 7, 2020 @ 8:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:30:32 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008bre. Id of event: us60008bre. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.62 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -94.4135° West, latitude 15.4322° North, depth = 42.62 km.
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paredón. Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 88 km SW of Paredon, Mexico.
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