A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Santa Catarina Juquila in Mexico on Sunday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:11:40 / 11:11 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 04:11:40 / June 6, 2016 @ 4:11 am. Exact location of event, longitude -97.2792 West, latitude 16.2043 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us200062ag. Unique identifier: us200062ag. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Trinidad Zaachila (c. 12 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Zimatlán de Álvarez (c. 10 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Trinidad Zaachila, Zimatlán de Álvarez, San Pablo Huixtepec (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km SE of Santa Catarina Juquila, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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