A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Niltepec in Mexico on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 16:35:16 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/19 / 2019-01-14 22:35:16 / January 14, 2019 @ 10:35 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j3xl. Unique identifier: us2000j3xl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -94.5961° West, 16.5253° North, depth 82.03 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 82.03 km (51 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jalapa, Arriaga, Salina Cruz. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SSE of Niltepec, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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