A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 87 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico (54 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -93.3079 West, latitude 14.6443 North, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:49:45 / 12:49 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mq12. Unique identifier: us7000mq12. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 00:49:45 / May 18, 2024 @ 12:49 am.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eleven 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 87 km SW of El Arenal, Mexico.
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