A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Barra de Tecoanapa in Mexico. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pi2r. Unique identifier: us6000pi2r. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 22:52:22 / December 29, 2024 @ 10:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:52:22 / 10:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -98.9374° West, latitude 15.8941° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria, Copala, Marquelia (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Copala (c. 6 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Marquelia (c. 6 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km SSW of Barra de Tecoanapa, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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