A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Poblado 10 in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 136.347 km (85 miles). Exact location, longitude -94.4693° West, latitude 17.0367° North, depth = 136.347 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/01/25 / 2025-01-24 21:50:38 / January 24, 2025 @ 9:50 pm. The temblor was picked up at 21:50:38 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000pbwi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pbwi.
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Raudales Malpaso, Cintalapa de Figueroa, Juchitán de Zaragoza (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 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 thirteen 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 26 km S of Poblado 10, Mexico.
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