A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Thursday. Unique identifier: us7000cmqr. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cmqr. The temblor was reported at 22:54:27 / 10:54 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/11/20 / 2020-11-05 22:54:27 / November 5, 2020 @ 10:54 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.8588 West, latitude 14.3873 North, depth = 18.82 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.82 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Comaltitlán, Tuxtla Chico, Pajapita (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Pajapita (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days seventy-seven 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 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: 59 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.
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