A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes Oaxaca, Mexico kilometers (0 miles) from Oaxaca, Mexico on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us2000atsa. Event ids that are associated: us2000atsa. The temblor was picked up at 02:03:35 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.83 km (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -94.8425 West, latitude 16.574 North, depth = 39.83 km. Global time and date of event 24/09/17 / 2017-09-24 02:03:35 / September 24, 2017 @ 2:03 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from MatÃas Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Espinal, Chahuite, San Pedro Tapanatepec (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: Oaxaca, Mexico.
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