A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa in Mexico on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.69 km (15 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:33:21 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us200060y4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200060y4. Exact location, longitude -98.4366° West, latitude 16.5166° North, depth = 24.69 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 23:33:21 / May 14, 2016 @ 11:33 pm.
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ayutla de los Libres, Malinaltepec, Putla Villa de Guerrero. The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop).
Each 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 four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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: 5 km NNW of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico.
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