A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Pijijiapan in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:49:54 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/16 / 2016-05-25 19:49:54 / May 25, 2016 @ 7:49 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005zdx. Id of event: us20005zdx. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.32 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 24.32 km, -93.6748° West, 15.0312° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pijijiapan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop). Nearby 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km SSW of Pijijiapan, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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