A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. The temblor was detected at 15:23:05 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/17 / 2017-06-10 21:23:05 / June 10, 2017 @ 9:23 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -93.0338 West, latitude 14.2662 North, depth = 35 km. Id of earthquake: us20009lt2. Event ids that are associated: us20009lt2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Vida Mejor I (c. 6 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vida Mejor I, Ocós, Brisas Barra de Suchiate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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