A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Isla in Mexico on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/03/21 / 2021-03-04 13:34:56 / March 4, 2021 @ 1:34 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000dffp. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000dffp. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -95.5299° West, 18.0469° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:34:56 / 1:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coacotla, San Lucas Ojitlán, Pajapan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tuxtepec (c. 92 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Andres Tuxtla (c. 55 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Cosamaloapan de Carpio (c. 28 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Isla (c. 24 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Catemaco (c. 24 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km N of Isla, Mexico.
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