A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.91 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 44.91 km, -94.0342° West, 15.2536° North. Event id: us1000awcj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000awcj. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/10/17 / 2017-10-24 16:12:14 / October 24, 2017 @ 4:12 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 10:12:14 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pijijiapan, Tonalá, Paredón. Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 86 km SW of Tres Picos, Mexico.
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