A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Loreto in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 16:13:42 / April 18, 2024 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcz1. Id of event: us7000mcz1. Exact location of earthquake, -110.8538° West, 26.0281° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:13:42 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km E of Loreto, Mexico.
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