A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jcbs. Unique identifier: us2000jcbs. The temblor was picked up at 03:14:32 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 09:14:32 / February 2, 2019 @ 9:14 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.3297 West, latitude 14.7861 North, depth = 85.91 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 85.91 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mazatenango, San Andrés Xecul, Zunil (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 15 km (10 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NE of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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