A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Putla de Guerrero in Mexico on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.21 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:45:05 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000aq1t. Event ids that are associated: us1000aq1t. Global time and date of event 11/10/17 / 2017-10-11 02:45:05 / October 11, 2017 @ 2:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -97.9576° West, latitude 17.0619° North, depth = 61.21 km.
The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Ciudad de Huajuapam de León (c. 47 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tlapa de Comonfort (c. 36 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 14 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Asunción Nochixtlán, Santiago Jamiltepec, San Luis Acatlán (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km NW of Putla de Guerrero, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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