A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Tomatlan in Mexico on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 05:21:45 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/17 / 2017-12-09 12:21:45 / December 9, 2017 @ 12:21 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 34.51 km (21 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -106.0535 West, latitude 19.8912 North, depth = 34.51 km. Unique identifier: us2000c2cw. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c2cw.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomatlán (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tomatlán (c. 8 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 84 km W of Tomatlan, Mexico.
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