A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa in Mexico. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:13:21 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.5369 West, latitude 15.7428 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/09/17 / 2017-09-16 16:13:21 / September 16, 2017 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ap51. Id of event: us2000ap51. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 81 km S of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico.
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