A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Tenosique in Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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). Id of earthquake: us6000nn98. Event ids that are associated: us6000nn98. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 15:26:56 / August 7, 2024 @ 3:26 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -91.3246 West, latitude 17.4004 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:26:56 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Frontera Corozal, Palenque, Nueva Palestina (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Palenque (c. 36 700 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Tenosique de Pino Suárez (c. 32 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Emiliano Zapata (c. 18 600 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from San Carlos (c. 13 100 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Balancán de Domínguez (c. 11 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Nueva Palestina (c. 10 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km SE of Tenosique, Mexico.
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