A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Paredon in Mexico on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/12/17 / 2017-12-01 03:43:01 / December 1, 2017 @ 3:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 50.31 km, -94.0705° West, 15.5565° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bjqc. Id of event: us1000bjqc. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:43:01 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.31 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro Tapanatepec, El Espinal, Chahuite. Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Pedro Tapanatepec (c. 7 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 57 km SSW of Paredon, Mexico.
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