A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 115 km SW of Mapastepec, Mexico (71 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us2000g49g. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g49g. The temblor was picked up at 10:02:18 / 10:02 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 16:02:18 / July 13, 2018 @ 4:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -93.6823 West, latitude 14.7222 North, depth = 55.94 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.94 km (35 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 115 km SW of Mapastepec, Mexico.
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