A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Jesus Carranza in Mexico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 119.28 km (74 miles). Unique identifier: us600052nn. Ids that are associated to the event: us600052nn. Exact location of event, longitude -94.7275 West, latitude 17.4409 North, depth = 119.28 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:47:57 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/08/19 / 2019-08-09 05:47:57 / August 9, 2019 @ 5:47 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Allende (c. 21 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pajapan, Tatahuicapan, Las Choapas. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 32 km E of Jesus Carranza, Mexico.
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