A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro) in Mexico. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000np0n. Unique identifier: us6000np0n. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:41:35 / 6:41 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/24 / 2024-09-01 06:41:35 / September 1, 2024 @ 6:41 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.394 km (39 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.6754 West, latitude 15.7705 North, depth = 62.394 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Pedro Buenavista (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro Tapanatepec, El Espinal, Chahuite (min 5000 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km WSW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico.
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