A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Loreto in Mexico on Saturday. 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). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/04/24 / 2024-04-20 05:06:14 / April 20, 2024 @ 5:06 am. Unique identifier: us7000mdev. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mdev. The temblor was picked up at 05:06:14 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -110.7069° West, latitude 26.2393° North, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loreto.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 struck near. 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: 68 km ENE of Loreto, Mexico.
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