A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Santa Rosalia in Mexico. Event id: us20007fth. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007fth. Exact location of event, depth 26.12 km, -111.8113° West, 27.8623° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:43:37 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/10/16 / 2016-10-21 05:43:37 / October 21, 2016 @ 5:43 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.12 km (16 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Heroica Guaymas (c. 103 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Santa Rosalia (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Heroica Guaymas, Santa Rosalia.
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 76 km NE of Santa Rosalia, Mexico.
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