A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Hidalgotitlan in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, -94.4188° West, 17.6137° North, depth 138.64 km. Id of earthquake: us1000498q. Event ids that are associated: us1000498q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 138.64 km (86 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/15 / 2015-12-21 03:01:28 / December 21, 2015 @ 3:01 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:01:28 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mecayapan, Tatahuicapan, Pajapan (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km SE of Hidalgotitlan, Mexico.
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