A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Tonala in Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 109.93 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002y1z. Id of event: us10002y1z. The temblor was detected at 04:13:24 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 09:13:24 / August 5, 2015 @ 9:13 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -93.6213° West, latitude 16.1634° North, depth = 109.93 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Berriozábal (c. 21 000 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Venustiano Carranza, Raudales Malpaso, Copainalá.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 16 km ENE of Tonala, Mexico.
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