A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Tonala in Mexico. The epicenter was at a depth of 106.83 km (66 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.6867 West, latitude 15.9831 North, depth = 106.83 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jd9w. Id of event: us1000jd9w. The temblor was picked up at 13:17:14 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/03/19 / 2019-03-10 19:17:14 / March 10, 2019 @ 7:17 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Suchiapa, San Francisco Ixhuatan, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Suchiapa (c. 13 300 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km SSE of Tonala, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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