A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Jesus Carranza 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 124.4 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:48:40 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -95.126 West, latitude 17.544 North, depth = 124.4 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/16 / 2016-05-09 18:48:40 / May 9, 2016 @ 6:48 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005i89. Id of event: us10005i89.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lomas de Barrillas, Pajapan, Fraccionamiento Ciudad Olmeca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cosoleacaque (c. 20 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Fraccionamiento Ciudad Olmeca (c. 16 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Juan Rodríguez Clara (c. 14 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km NW of Jesus Carranza, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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