A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:24:28 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -94.6903° West, latitude 15.5507° North, depth = 43.43 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 43.43 km (27 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aywv. Id of event: us2000aywv. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/09/17 / 2017-09-14 06:24:28 / September 14, 2017 @ 6:24 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salina Cruz, San Mateo del Mar. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and one, in the past 30 days three hundred and two and in the last 365 days three hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 75 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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