A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Salina Cruz in Mexico on Saturday. 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 19.61 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, depth 19.61 km, -95.2437° West, 15.7141° North. Unique identifier: us2000az85. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000az85. Global time and date of event 16/09/17 / 2017-09-16 22:28:45 / September 16, 2017 @ 10:28 pm UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:28:45 / 4:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Asunción Ixtaltepec, El Espinal, Juchitán de Zaragoza (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (33 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Asunción Ixtaltepec (c. 7 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and two, in the past 30 days two hundred and three and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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