A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Salina Cruz in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 36.01 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000azg8. Id of event: us2000azg8. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/17 / 2017-09-19 18:48:54 / September 19, 2017 @ 6:48 pm. Exact location, longitude -95.2592° West, latitude 15.5318° North, depth = 36.01 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:48:54 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, San Mateo del Mar, Salina Cruz (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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