A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Mapastepec in Mexico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/03/19 / 2019-03-26 13:56:51 / March 26, 2019 @ 1:56 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:56:51 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -93.344 West, latitude 15.0076 North, depth = 68.23 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.23 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000k997. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000k997.
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Villa Comaltitlán (c. 7 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Acacoyahua (c. 6 200 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Acapeteahua (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Comaltitlán, Escuintla, Acacoyahua.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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