A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Poblado 10 in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.662 km (23 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000pww7. Event ids that are associated: us6000pww7. Exact location of event, longitude -94.396 West, latitude 17.2619 North, depth = 36.662 km. The temblor was reported at 11:57:28 / 11:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/25 / 2025-02-27 11:57:28 / February 27, 2025 @ 11:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Cosoleacaque (c. 20 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Oteapan (c. 12 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Nanchital, Chinameca, Oteapan (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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.
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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: 6 km ESE of Poblado 10, Mexico.
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