A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Nejapa de Madero in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -95.9254° West, latitude 16.5818° North, depth = 53.86 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.86 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c7e7. Unique identifier: us6000c7e7. The temblor was picked up at 21:10:13 / 9:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/20 / 2020-10-10 21:10:13 / October 10, 2020 @ 9:10 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 13 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tlacolula de Matamoros (c. 11 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa María del Tule, Vicente Guerrero, Salina Cruz (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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