A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/18 / 2018-11-06 05:01:02 / November 6, 2018 @ 5:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -94.5917° West, latitude 15.5704° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:01:02 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000i7b4. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i7b4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from San Francisco Ixhuatan (c. 5 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chahuite, Las Amilpas, San Francisco Ixhuatan. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 73 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.
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