A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Petatlan in Mexico on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 05:23:15 / 5:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -101.3157° West, latitude 17.201° North, depth = 21.65 km. 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 21.65 km (13 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/11/17 / 2017-11-26 12:23:15 / November 26, 2017 @ 12:23 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bkzs. Unique identifier: us1000bkzs.
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (c. 61 300 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Petatlán (c. 21 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana (c. 14 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo) (c. 8 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Jerónimo de Juárez (c. 7 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from El Súchil (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Jerónimo de Juárez, El Súchil, Tecpan de Galeana.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km S of Petatlan, Mexico.
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