A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Tlahuapa in Mexico. Exact location, longitude -98.314° West, latitude 17.3515° North, depth = 42.204 km. 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 42.204 km (26 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 18:19:53 / October 6, 2024 @ 6:19 pm. The temblor was reported at 18:19:53 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nwxg. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nwxg.
Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Ciudad de Huajuapam de León (c. 47 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Tlapa de Comonfort (c. 36 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 14 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tamazulapam Villa del Progreso, Tulcingo de Valle, Ciudad de Huajuapam de León. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SE of Tlahuapa, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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