A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Aquila in Mexico on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.773 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -103.3641 West, latitude 18.5766 North, depth = 48.773 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:32:33 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p9uv. Id of event: us7000p9uv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/25 / 2025-01-19 04:32:33 / January 19, 2025 @ 4:32 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comala, Quesería, Cuauhtémoc. Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Colima (c. 127 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez (c. 117 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Tecoman (c. 79 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Armeria (c. 17 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Tepalcatepec (c. 15 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Coquimatlán (c. 13 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 15 km E of Aquila, Mexico.
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