A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100076l6. Id of event: us100076l6. The temblor was reported at 20:56:01 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.16 km (34 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -93.0443° West, 14.2979° North, depth 54.16 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 10/11/16 / 2016-11-10 02:56:01 / November 10, 2016 @ 2:56 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ocós, Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mazatán. Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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