A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from El Habillal in Mexico. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:05:35 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nhpz. Unique identifier: us6000nhpz. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -103.1069 West, latitude 17.9118 North, depth = 10 km. 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: 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 18:05:35 / July 19, 2024 @ 6:05 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buenos Aires. Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 9 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 78 km W of El Habillal, Mexico.
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