A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Santiago Astata in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -95.4533 West, latitude 15.46 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 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 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:15:20 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000mrul. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mrul. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/06/24 / 2024-06-12 01:15:20 / June 12, 2024 @ 1:15 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa María Xadani, Salina Cruz, Crucecita. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Santa María Xadani (c. 5 900 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 63 km SSE of Santiago Astata, Mexico.
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