A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Tecoanapa in Mexico. Unique identifier: us10007p2s. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007p2s. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -98.8014° West, 16.108° North. The temblor was detected at 03:04:17 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/01/17 / 2017-01-01 10:04:17 / January 1, 2017 @ 10:04 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, San Luis Acatlán, Ometepec (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from San Luis Acatlán (c. 8 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Copala (c. 6 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 45 km S of Tecoanapa, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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