A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.84 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ajwn. Unique identifier: us2000ajwn. Exact location of earthquake, -93.9806° West, 15.3004° North, depth 56.84 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:57:43 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/09/17 / 2017-09-11 07:57:43 / September 11, 2017 @ 7:57 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pijijiapan, Tonalá, Paredón (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days one hundred and one and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 78 km SW of Tres Picos, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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