A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 114 km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico (71 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:26:00 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58.43 km (36 miles). Exact location of event, depth 58.43 km, -93.8864° West, 14.8894° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/10/17 / 2017-10-06 22:26:00 / October 6, 2017 @ 10:26 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000arjw. Event ids that are associated: us1000arjw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 114 km SW of Pijijiapan, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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