A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. The epicenter was at a depth of 45.61 km (28 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:23:04 / 3:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -92.5269 West, latitude 14.6808 North, depth = 45.61 km. 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: 03/09/19 / 2019-09-03 09:23:04 / September 3, 2019 @ 9:23 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005be9. Id of event: us70005be9.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuevo San Carlos, San Pedro Sacatepéquez, El Asintal (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Marcos (c. 25 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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