A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Angel Albino Corzo in Mexico. Global time and date of event 07/03/20 / 2020-03-07 10:29:10 / March 7, 2020 @ 10:29 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:29:10 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -92.8557° West, latitude 16.1104° North, depth = 177.15 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 177.15 km (110 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008blq. Id of event: us60008blq.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tonalá, Las Margaritas, Acapeteahua. Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Cristóbal de las Casas (c. 129 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Las Margaritas (c. 103 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Comitán (c. 79 900 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop). Nearby 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 earthquakes 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 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: 26 km NW of Angel Albino Corzo, Mexico.
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