A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Topolobampo in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, -109.509° West, 24.9031° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:27:32 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us200080fu. Ids that are associated to the event: us200080fu. 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: 13/12/16 / 2016-12-13 13:27:32 / December 13, 2016 @ 1:27 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Topolobampo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Topolobampo (c. 7 600 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 three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 89 km SSW of Topolobampo, Mexico.
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