A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico. The temblor was picked up at 10:43:55 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.74 km (33 miles). Unique identifier: us1000dc4z. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dc4z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 01/04/18 / 2018-04-01 16:43:55 / April 1, 2018 @ 4:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -94.6371° West, latitude 15.7496° North, depth = 52.74 km.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Espinal, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, El Espinal (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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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: 53 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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