A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from San Jose del Cabo in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -108.9649 West, latitude 23.5439 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us1000h8pv. Event ids that are associated: us1000h8pv. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:05:56 / 5:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/10/18 / 2018-10-08 12:05:56 / October 8, 2018 @ 12:05 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San José del Cabo, Las Veredas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from San José del Cabo (c. 48 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Las Veredas (c. 10 500 pop).
Each 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km NE of San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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