A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/01/18 / 2018-01-21 04:30:34 / January 21, 2018 @ 4:30 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.6906 West, latitude 15.6198 North, depth = 34.63 km. Unique identifier: us2000cm1u. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cm1u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.63 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 22:30:34 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Francisco Ixhuatan (c. 5 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Francisco Ixhuatan, Las Amilpas, Salina Cruz (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 68 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.
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