A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Acapetagua in Mexico. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.96 km (37 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10002wsf. Unique identifier: us10002wsf. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 02:07:09 / July 31, 2015 @ 2:07 am. Exact location of event, depth 59.96 km, -93.0114° West, 14.8253° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:07:09 / 8:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tuxtla Chico, Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Tapachula (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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