A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Loreto in Mexico. Exact location, longitude -110.8017° West, latitude 26.1496° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:01:00 / 10:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000mcs4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcs4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 22:01:00 / April 17, 2024 @ 10:01 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loreto (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, 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 have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 56 km ENE of Loreto, Mexico.
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