A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ixhuatan in Mexico on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 14:44:22 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/17 / 2017-05-06 20:44:22 / May 6, 2017 @ 8:44 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.93 km (42 miles). Exact location, longitude -94.4353° West, latitude 16.2477° North, depth = 66.93 km. Id of earthquake: us10008q65. Event ids that are associated: us10008q65.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cintalapa de Figueroa, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Salina Cruz.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 13 km SSE of Ixhuatan, Mexico.
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