A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Salina Cruz in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, -95.0828° West, 15.537° North, depth 19.56 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.56 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 14:45:55 / 2:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/17 / 2017-09-09 20:45:55 / September 9, 2017 @ 8:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000arta. Event ids that are associated: us2000arta.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, San Mateo del Mar, Salina Cruz. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and one, in the past 30 days two hundred and one and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 70 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico.
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