A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from El Paredoncito in Mexico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/04/24 / 2024-04-21 00:07:34 / April 21, 2024 @ 12:07 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mdk0. Unique identifier: us7000mdk0. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -110.4944° West, 26.5917° North. The temblor was detected at 00:07:34 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bacobampo, Etchojoa, La Unión (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Huatabampo (c. 30 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Villa Juarez (c. 14 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Etchojoa (c. 8 600 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Bacobampo (c. 8 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Unión (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, 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 occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 77 km SW of El Paredoncito, Mexico.
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