A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from San Carlos in Mexico on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -111.3507° West, latitude 27.814° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 16:12:13 / 4:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/10/24 / 2024-10-22 16:12:13 / October 22, 2024 @ 4:12 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmgf. Unique identifier: us7000nmgf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Heroica Guaymas (c. 103 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Empalme (c. 38 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Empalme, Heroica Guaymas (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 34 km WSW of San Carlos, Mexico.
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