A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from San Vicente in Mexico on Monday. Global time and date of event 17/08/20 / 2020-08-17 15:32:41 / August 17, 2020 @ 3:32 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -115.6014° West, 31.3928° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000bfzq. Event ids that are associated: ci39347703, us6000bfzq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:32:41 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Benito García (El Zorrillo), San Felipe, Vicente Guerrero. Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 12 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Camalú (c. 7 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Emiliano Zapata (c. 5 800 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 61 km E of San Vicente, Mexico.
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