A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Tecoman in Mexico on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -103.9211 West, latitude 18.7842 North, depth = 66.28 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:25:41 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/09/15 / 2015-09-02 20:25:41 / September 2, 2015 @ 8:25 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fuq. Id of event: us20003fuq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.28 km (41 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Patricio, Cihuatlán, Cofradía (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 130 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Colima (c. 127 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez (c. 117 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 110 700 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Tecoman (c. 79 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Armeria (c. 17 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cihuatlán (c. 16 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km SSW of Tecoman, Mexico.
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