A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Juchitan de Zaragoza in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:20:56 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/17 / 2017-10-30 03:20:56 / October 30, 2017 @ 3:20 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.934 West, latitude 16.3936 North, depth = 61.02 km. Event id: us1000ayfb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ayfb. The epicenter was at a depth of 61.02 km (38 miles).
The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from MatÃas Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Espinal, Chahuite, San Pedro Tapanatepec.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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