A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:48:12 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/09/17 / 2017-09-11 04:48:12 / September 11, 2017 @ 4:48 am. Id of earthquake: us2000ajuh. Event ids that are associated: us2000ajuh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.7966 West, latitude 15.2066 North, depth = 78.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 78.54 km (49 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pijijiapan (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eighty-six, in the past 30 days eighty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 78 km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico.
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