A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 199 km SSW of Emiliano Zapata, Mexico (124 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/01/21 / 2021-01-24 06:23:26 / January 24, 2021 @ 6:23 am UTC/GMT. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000d2uk. Unique identifier: us7000d2uk. Exact location of event, longitude -105.9309 West, latitude 17.8385 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:23:26 / 6:23 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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