A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from La Esperanza (El Zapotal) in Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 93.033 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:32:14 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/24 / 2024-05-11 16:32:14 / May 11, 2024 @ 4:32 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -93.2899 West, latitude 15.3738 North, depth = 93.033 km. Id of earthquake: us6000mxyr. Event ids that are associated: us6000mxyr.
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Huixtla, Villa Corzo, Angel Albino Corzo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Angel Albino Corzo (c. 8 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km WSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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