A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 137 km SW of Mapastepec, Mexico (85 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003hf3. Id of event: us20003hf3. Exact location, longitude -93.8367° West, latitude 14.585° North, depth = 35.14 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.14 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:42:29 / 3:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 21:42:29 / September 8, 2015 @ 9:42 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 137 km SW of Mapastepec, Mexico.
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