A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: usd000cj19. Id of event: usd000cj19. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -93.1641° West, 14.3551° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 16:53:10 / 4:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/05/20 / 2020-05-01 22:53:10 / May 1, 2020 @ 10:53 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Madero. The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 89 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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