A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Loreto in Mexico on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/04/24 / 2024-04-19 04:30:28 / April 19, 2024 @ 4:30 am. Unique identifier: us7000md2k. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000md2k. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:30:28 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -110.9654° West, 26.534° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, 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. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km NNE of Loreto, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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