A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from El Coyul in Mexico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/20 / 2020-09-09 09:16:44 / September 9, 2020 @ 9:16 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.52 km (13 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000bk9w. Event ids that are associated: us7000bk9w. The temblor was reported at 09:16:44 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 20.52 km, -95.9221° West, 15.7436° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Santa María Xadani (c. 5 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Santa María Huatulco (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salina Cruz, San Pedro Pochutla, Santa María Huatulco (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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