A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us600040wk. Unique identifier: us600040wk. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/06/19 / 2019-06-14 18:36:27 / June 14, 2019 @ 6:36 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:36:27 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -93.078° West, 14.3665° North, depth 10 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ocós, Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mazatán. Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 80 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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