A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from La Unión in Mexico on Tuesday. 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 51.635 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:05:05 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -101.7353° West, latitude 18.0046° North, depth = 51.635 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 16:05:05 / January 21, 2025 @ 4:05 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000pa4p. Event ids that are associated: us7000pa4p.
Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (c. 84 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (c. 61 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Guacamayas (c. 39 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Petatlán (c. 21 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from La Orilla (c. 20 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 9 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Petatlán, Arteaga, San Jeronimito. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 7 km ENE of La Unión, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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