A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Loreto in Mexico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 22:25:37 / April 17, 2024 @ 10:25 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -110.7883° West, latitude 26.2794° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 22:25:37 / 10:25 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000mcsc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcsc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loreto (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 63 km ENE of Loreto, Mexico.
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