A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Exact location of event, depth 34.417 km, -92.9106° West, 14.306° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/05/24 / 2024-05-17 17:30:14 / May 17, 2024 @ 5:30 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0i5. Unique identifier: us6000n0i5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.417 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:30:14 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Vida Mejor I (c. 6 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vida Mejor I, Ocós, Mazatán (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel the quake?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply