A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa in Mexico. Event id: us2000aypz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aypz. Exact location, longitude -98.55° West, latitude 16.1465° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/09/17 / 2017-09-12 19:58:20 / September 12, 2017 @ 7:58 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:58:20 / 1:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Luis Acatlán (c. 8 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cruz Grande, Santiago Jamiltepec, San Luis Acatlán (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 38 km SSW of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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