A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Manzanillo in Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.11 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/08/15 / 2015-08-31 06:47:39 / August 31, 2015 @ 6:47 am. Id of earthquake: us1000369j. Event ids that are associated: us1000369j. The temblor was detected at 01:47:39 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 26.11 km, -104.2982° West, 19.0337° North.
Event epicenter was 3 km (2 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 130 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Colima (c. 127 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez (c. 117 600 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 110 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Tecoman (c. 79 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Autlán de Navarro (c. 42 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cofradía, San Gabriel, El Grullo (min 5000 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 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. 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: 2 km SE of Manzanillo, Mexico.
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