A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/18 / 2018-11-24 19:54:44 / November 24, 2018 @ 7:54 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.21 km (22 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:54:44 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hw72. Id of event: us1000hw72. Exact location of event, longitude -94.7601 West, latitude 15.877 North, depth = 35.21 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Espinal, San Jerónimo Ixtepec, San Pedro Tapanatepec (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: 41 km SSW of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.
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