A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Paredon in Mexico on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -94.3136° West, 15.499° North, depth 35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70004kj1. Unique identifier: us70004kj1. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:26:40 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/07/19 / 2019-07-15 11:26:40 / July 15, 2019 @ 11:26 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arriaga, Chahuite, Tonalá (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km SW of Paredon, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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