A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Suchilapan del Río in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, -94.9081° West, 17.3773° North, depth 124.16 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:23:12 / 5:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/05/20 / 2020-05-22 05:23:12 / May 22, 2020 @ 5:23 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.16 km (77 miles). Unique identifier: us6000a1sj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a1sj.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jerónimo Ixtepec, Cuichapa, Juan Rodríguez Clara. Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cosoleacaque (c. 20 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Juan Rodríguez Clara (c. 14 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
Did you feel it?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 8 km E of Suchilapan del Río, Mexico.
Copyright © 2020 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply