A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from San Mateo del Mar in Mexico. The epicenter was at a depth of 74.4 km (46 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.9037 West, latitude 15.4311 North, depth = 74.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ayew. Unique identifier: us2000ayew. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:43:54 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/09/17 / 2017-09-10 04:43:54 / September 10, 2017 @ 4:43 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salina Cruz, San Mateo del Mar (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 85 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico.
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