A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from El Palmarcito in Mexico. 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: 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 07:57:42 / January 28, 2025 @ 7:57 am. Exact location of event, depth 107.123 km, -93.2222° West, 15.4967° North. The temblor was picked up at 07:57:42 / 7:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.123 km (67 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000pmr8. Event ids that are associated: us6000pmr8.
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paredón, Huixtla, Tonalá (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Angel Albino Corzo (c. 8 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two and in the last 365 days fifteen 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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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 0 km W of El Palmarcito, Mexico.
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