A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, offshore Chiapas, Mexico kilometers (0 miles) from offshore Chiapas, Mexico. The temblor was picked up at 05:55:20 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20009ltt. Unique identifier: us20009ltt. Exact location of earthquake, -92.6986° West, 13.9188° North, depth 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/06/17 / 2017-06-11 05:55:20 / June 11, 2017 @ 5:55 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Ocós. Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
Questions or comments?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: offshore Chiapas, Mexico.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply