A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from El Papayo in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 20:56:30 / November 20, 2024 @ 8:56 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000p6mn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p6mn. Exact location of earthquake, -100.417° West, 16.741° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:56:30 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Xaltianguis, Kilómetro 30, El Súchil (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Acapulco de Juárez (c. 652 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Atoyac de Álvarez (c. 21 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana (c. 14 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Coyuca de Benítez (c. 12 500 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from San Jerónimo de Juárez (c. 7 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from El Súchil (c. 7 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Every 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 37 km SSW of El Papayo, Mexico.
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