A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico on Monday. Global time and date of event 25/09/17 / 2017-09-25 16:29:31 / September 25, 2017 @ 4:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.61 km (17 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -94.651 West, latitude 15.4738 North, depth = 27.61 km. The temblor was reported at 10:29:31 / 10:29 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000azzj. Event ids that are associated: us2000azzj.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Mateo del Mar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days ninety-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 84 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.
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