A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa in Mexico. The temblor was picked up at 13:02:07 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -94.0738 West, latitude 16.8335 North, depth = 152.01 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 152.01 km (94 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 19:02:07 / December 18, 2016 @ 7:02 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us200082eg. Unique identifier: us200082eg.
Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Berriozábal (c. 21 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Fernando, Unión Hidalgo, Paredón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km WNW of Cintalapa de Figueroa, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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