A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana in Mexico on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 16:53:45 / December 31, 2017 @ 4:53 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000byjh. Unique identifier: us1000byjh. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:53:45 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -101.0193° West, latitude 16.6339° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atoyac de Álvarez, San Jerónimo de Juárez, El Súchil. Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Atoyac de Álvarez (c. 21 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana (c. 14 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Jerónimo de Juárez (c. 7 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from El Súchil (c. 7 000 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 two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 77 km SSW of Tecpan de Galeana, Mexico.
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