A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Manzanillo in Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:30:56 / 8:30 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/16 / 2016-05-07 03:30:56 / May 7, 2016 @ 3:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -104.7413 West, latitude 18.6274 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us10005fnd. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005fnd.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Las Juntas, Armeria, Cihuatlán (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 130 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Manzanillo (c. 110 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Armeria (c. 17 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Cihuatlán (c. 16 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from El Colomo (c. 10 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from San Patricio (c. 6 700 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 64 km SW of Manzanillo, Mexico.
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