A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 126 km SW of Mapastepec, Mexico (78 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.92 km (23 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jpgs. Id of event: us2000jpgs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -93.6899° West, latitude 14.5913° North, depth = 36.92 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/19 / 2019-02-27 09:16:40 / February 27, 2019 @ 9:16 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:16:40 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter).
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 fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 126 km SW of Mapastepec, Mexico.
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