A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Unique identifier: us7000nq4p. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nq4p. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.967 km (23 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:16:06 / 9:16 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/24 / 2024-10-27 21:16:06 / October 27, 2024 @ 9:16 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.0654 West, latitude 14.2669 North, depth = 36.967 km.
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Madero. Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 85 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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