A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico. Id of earthquake: us1000aseu. Event ids that are associated: us1000aseu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.9542 West, latitude 15.3899 North, depth = 39.68 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:26:19 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.68 km (25 miles). Global time and date of event 15/10/17 / 2017-10-15 04:26:19 / October 15, 2017 @ 4:26 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pijijiapan, Tonalá, Paredón. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventy-eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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: 69 km SW of Tres Picos, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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