A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Santa Rosalia in Mexico. The temblor was detected at 02:15:34 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008qgs. Id of event: us70008qgs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -111.9821 West, latitude 28.0327 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 09:15:34 / April 7, 2020 @ 9:15 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bahía de Kino, Santa Rosalia. The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Santa Rosalia (c. 11 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bahía de Kino (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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