A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -93.2074° West, 14.5388° North, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/08/17 / 2017-08-24 05:09:58 / August 24, 2017 @ 5:09 am. Unique identifier: us2000ab7f. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ab7f. The temblor was detected at 23:09:58 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mazatán, Puerto Madero (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 87 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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