A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Paredon in Mexico on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/17 / 2017-09-10 13:38:09 / September 10, 2017 @ 1:38 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.92 km (38 miles). Unique identifier: us2000ajf0. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ajf0. Exact location of event, longitude -94.2699 West, latitude 15.4072 North, depth = 61.92 km. The temblor was reported at 07:38:09 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter). 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 Tonalá, Paredón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days ninety-two, in the past 30 days ninety-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km SSW of Paredon, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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