A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Paredon in Mexico on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.02 km (19 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:18:32 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 23:18:32 / February 20, 2018 @ 11:18 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -94.1151 West, latitude 15.4003 North, depth = 30.02 km. Event id: us2000d5ma. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d5ma.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tonalá, Paredón (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km SSW of Paredon, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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