A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Salina Cruz in Mexico on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -95.189° West, latitude 15.4386° North, depth = 12.52 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000az87. Unique identifier: us2000az87. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.52 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/17 / 2017-09-16 22:37:29 / September 16, 2017 @ 10:37 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 16:37:29 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Mateo del Mar, Salina Cruz (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days two hundred and nineteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
Did you feel anything?
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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 80 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico.
Copyright © 2017 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply