A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Pijijiapan in Mexico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.15 km (32 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/09/17 / 2017-09-14 14:36:45 / September 14, 2017 @ 2:36 pm. Exact location of event, depth 52.15 km, -93.67° West, 15.1579° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:36:45 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000askr. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000askr.
The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mapastepec, Pijijiapan.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 76 km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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