A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from San Cristobal Amatlan in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.5012 West, latitude 16.1463 North, depth = 39.32 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/06/18 / 2018-06-25 12:48:02 / June 25, 2018 @ 12:48 pm. The temblor was picked up at 06:48:02 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f14h. Id of event: us1000f14h. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.32 km (24 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa de Zaachila, Trinidad Zaachila, Vicente Guerrero. Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Villa de Zaachila (c. 14 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 13 800 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 21 km SSW of San Cristobal Amatlan, Mexico.
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