A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 62.32 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/17 / 2017-10-03 05:30:33 / October 3, 2017 @ 5:30 am. The temblor was picked up at 23:30:33 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b0ef. Id of event: us2000b0ef. Exact location of event, longitude -93.9398 West, latitude 15.4089 North, depth = 62.32 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chahuite, Arriaga, Pijijiapan. The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
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 twenty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 66 km SW of Tres Picos, Mexico.
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