A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Santa Maria Zacatepec in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:06:26 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/07/16 / 2016-07-20 19:06:26 / July 20, 2016 @ 7:06 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us20006g9b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006g9b. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.26 km (29 miles). Exact location, longitude -97.8561° West, latitude 16.6442° North, depth = 47.26 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Luis Acatlán, Santiago Juxtlahuaca, Santa Catarina Juquila (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 14 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Putla Villa de Guerrero (c. 9 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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. 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: 19 km SE of Santa Maria Zacatepec, Mexico.
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