A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Tecoanapa in Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:30:15 / 12:30 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100060zf. Unique identifier: us100060zf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 19:30:15 / June 22, 2016 @ 7:30 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -98.9864 West, latitude 16.2459 North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ayutla de los Libres, Ometepec, San Marcos (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Marcos (c. 12 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Luis Acatlán (c. 8 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 39 km SW of Tecoanapa, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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