A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 95 kilometers (59 miles) from La Gloria in Mexico on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 01:07:00 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 01:07:00 / June 22, 2024 @ 1:07 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.726 km (34 miles). Exact location, longitude -94.4635° West, latitude 15.3539° North, depth = 54.726 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtvy. Id of event: us7000mtvy.
Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paredón. Epicenter of the earthquake was 100 km (62 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 95 km SSW of La Gloria, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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