A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Loreto in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -110.78 West, latitude 25.7861 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000mct8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mct8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 04:22:42 / April 18, 2024 @ 4:22 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:22:42 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 62 km ESE of Loreto, Mexico.
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