A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Santa María Chimalapa in Mexico. Exact location of event, depth 170.02 km, -94.7585° West, 17.0048° North. The temblor was picked up at 09:07:12 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 170.02 km (106 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/06/20 / 2020-06-23 09:07:12 / June 23, 2020 @ 9:07 am. Event id: us6000ah3p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ah3p.
Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro Tapanatepec, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, San Mateo del Mar.
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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 13 km NW of Santa María Chimalapa, Mexico.
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