A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Vicente Guerrero in Mexico. The epicenter was at a depth of 143.978 km (89 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/09/24 / 2024-09-26 19:31:19 / September 26, 2024 @ 7:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -94.6922° West, 17.494° North, depth 143.978 km. Event id: us7000ngmw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngmw. The temblor was detected at 19:31:19 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juan Rodríguez Clara, Agua Dulce, Pajapan. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km E of Vicente Guerrero, Mexico.
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