A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/04/19 / 2019-04-14 02:53:14 / April 14, 2019 @ 2:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude -93.0908 West, latitude 14.1878 North, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us700035nk. Ids that are associated to the event: us700035nk. 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 35 km (22 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:53:14 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop). Nearby 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 Puerto Madero.
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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 93 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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