A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Jesus Carranza in Mexico on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.15 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/17 / 2017-09-18 05:14:49 / September 18, 2017 @ 5:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -94.9915° West, 17.3166° North, depth 11.15 km. The temblor was reported at 23:14:49 / 11:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000azby. Unique identifier: us2000azby.
Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Minatitlan, Juan Rodríguez Clara, Chinameca. Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cosoleacaque (c. 20 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Juan Rodríguez Clara (c. 14 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 13 km SSE of Jesus Carranza, Mexico.
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