A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from San Mateo del Mar in Mexico. The temblor was picked up at 00:21:20 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000bvv9. Event ids that are associated: us1000bvv9. Exact location, longitude -94.8224° West, latitude 15.7912° North, depth = 39.17 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 06:21:20 / December 25, 2017 @ 6:21 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.17 km (24 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chahuite, Asunción Ixtaltepec, El Espinal.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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