A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Paredon in Mexico on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:45:21 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.1773 West, latitude 15.9352 North, depth = 63.73 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/05/16 / 2016-05-31 13:45:21 / May 31, 2016 @ 1:45 pm. Id of earthquake: us200061l6. Event ids that are associated: us200061l6. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 63.73 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Unión Hidalgo, San Mateo del Mar, Las Amilpas (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 600 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km WSW of Paredon, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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