A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/10/17 / 2017-10-20 13:01:10 / October 20, 2017 @ 1:01 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 69.04 km (43 miles). The temblor was picked up at 07:01:10 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -93.8441 West, latitude 15.4604 North, depth = 69.04 km. Id of earthquake: us1000aujv. Event ids that are associated: us1000aujv.
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arriaga, Pijijiapan, Tonalá.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 55 km SW of Tres Picos, Mexico.
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