A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San Francisco Cozoaltepec in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000p9n1. Event ids that are associated: us7000p9n1. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:45:37 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 21:45:37 / January 18, 2025 @ 9:45 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -96.7785° West, latitude 15.8699° North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ejutla de Crespo (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ayoquezco de Aldama, Ejutla de Crespo, San Miguel Panixtlahuaca. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
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 six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km NW of San Francisco Cozoaltepec, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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