A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000arcf. Unique identifier: us1000arcf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.64 km (27 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/17 / 2017-10-13 11:23:32 / October 13, 2017 @ 11:23 am. Exact location, longitude -94.7511° West, latitude 15.7944° North, depth = 43.64 km. The temblor was reported at 05:23:32 / 5:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jerónimo Ixtepec, El Espinal, Santo Domingo Zanatepec (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days ninety-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 49 km SSW of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.
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