A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/16 / 2016-04-16 01:24:11 / April 16, 2016 @ 1:24 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:24:11 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). 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 9.89 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -92.9447 West, latitude 14.2518 North, depth = 9.89 km. Event id: us20005iwv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005iwv.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mazatán, Ocós, Brisas Barra de Suchiate. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 76 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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