A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Amatillo in Mexico on Sunday. Unique identifier: us7000bmnb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bmnb. The temblor was detected at 09:54:09 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -99.6537° West, latitude 16.8234° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/09/20 / 2020-09-13 09:54:09 / September 13, 2020 @ 9:54 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Acapulco de Juárez (c. 652 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chilpancingo de los Bravos (c. 165 300 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Coyuca de Benítez (c. 12 500 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from San Marcos (c. 12 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Tierra Colorada (c. 10 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chilpancingo de los Bravos, Quechultenango, Petaquillas (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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