A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:18:52 / 5:18 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 11:18:52 / April 28, 2020 @ 11:18 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us60009duw. Unique identifier: us60009duw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -94.6977 West, latitude 15.7943 North, depth = 35 km.
The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Espinal, Asunción Ixtaltepec, Santo Domingo Zanatepec (min 5000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 48 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.
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