A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Mateo del Mar in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.85 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000aj0x. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000aj0x. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/17 / 2017-09-09 20:32:58 / September 9, 2017 @ 8:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:32:58 / 2:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -94.8925° West, latitude 15.5513° North, depth = 33.85 km.
Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salina Cruz, San Mateo del Mar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and seventy-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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