A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 101 km SSW of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico (63 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:05:06 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/18 / 2018-08-12 08:05:06 / August 12, 2018 @ 8:05 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -98.66 West, latitude 15.5757 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h7la. Id of event: us2000h7la.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 101 km SSW of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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