A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from El Coyul in Mexico. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:24:19 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mp0q. Unique identifier: us7000mp0q. Exact location of earthquake, -95.5841° West, 15.3211° North, depth 16.839 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 16.839 km (10 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 11:24:19 / May 23, 2024 @ 11:24 am.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santa María Xadani (c. 5 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa María Xadani, Crucecita (min 5000 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 three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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