A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from San Mateo del Mar in Mexico on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.9084 West, latitude 15.6245 North, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e3z8. Id of event: us1000e3z8. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 05:43:07 / May 13, 2018 @ 5:43 am. The temblor was reported at 23:43:07 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Amilpas, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Salina Cruz (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 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 two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 64 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico.
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