A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Mazatan in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.5312 West, latitude 14.8541 North, depth = 24.38 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.38 km (15 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/18 / 2018-02-10 01:31:39 / February 10, 2018 @ 1:31 am. Event id: us2000d01n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d01n. The temblor was detected at 19:31:39 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Comitancillo, Champerico, El Asintal (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Marcos (c. 25 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Comitancillo (c. 19 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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