A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Asuncion Ixtaltepec in Mexico on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -95.0564 West, latitude 16.466 North, depth = 79.92 km. The temblor was reported at 10:57:34 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000ja5n. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ja5n. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/03/19 / 2019-03-03 16:57:34 / March 3, 2019 @ 4:57 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 79.92 km (50 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chahuite, San Pedro Tapanatepec, Santo Domingo Zanatepec (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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