A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.81 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/10/17 / 2017-10-04 21:05:44 / October 4, 2017 @ 9:05 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -94.5193 West, latitude 15.6807 North, depth = 43.81 km. Id of earthquake: us2000b152. Event ids that are associated: us2000b152. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:05:44 / 3:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tonalá, Salina Cruz, Santo Domingo Zanatepec (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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