A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Cuanacaxtitlán in Mexico on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgd5. Unique identifier: us6000pgd5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 23:52:45 / December 29, 2024 @ 11:52 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -98.5809° West, 16.7994° North, depth 35 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:52:45 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Tlapa de Comonfort (c. 36 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Marcos (c. 12 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Marcos, Santiago Juxtlahuaca, Tlapa de Comonfort (min 5000 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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