A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Santa Gertrudis Miramar in Mexico. Id of earthquake: us7000nq4e. Event ids that are associated: us7000nq4e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 10:57:38 / October 18, 2024 @ 10:57 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -95.0423 West, latitude 15.4941 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 10:57:38 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Mateo del Mar, Salina Cruz. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km SSE of Santa Gertrudis Miramar, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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