A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pijijiapan in Mexico on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000adu7. Unique identifier: us2000adu7. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/09/17 / 2017-09-01 13:43:52 / September 1, 2017 @ 1:43 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:43:52 / 7:43 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 100.15 km (62 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.1129 West, latitude 15.6312 North, depth = 100.15 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Huixtla, Tonalá, Villa Comaltitlán (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 14 km ESE of Pijijiapan, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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