Mag. 4.7 earthquake - GUERRERO, MEXICO, on Saturday, 9 March 2019 at 14:00 (GMT)

Mag. 4.7 earthquake - GUERRERO, MEXICO, on Saturday, 9 March 2019 at 14:00 (GMT)

Light magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 69 km depth

9 Mar 14:27 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 26 minutes.
Date & time: 9 Mar 2019 02:00:52 UTC###AGESTRINGCOPY###
Magnitude: 4.7
Depth: 69.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 17.48°N / 100.29°W (Mexico)
Nearest volcano: Nevado de Toluca (190 km / 118 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
23 km (14 mi) N of San Vicente de Jesus (pop: 512)
34 km (21 mi) NNE of Atoyac de Alvarez (Atoyac de Álvarez) (pop: 21,400)
35 km (22 mi) NNW of Tepetixtla (pop: 3,640)
46 km (29 mi) NE of Técpan de Galeana (pop: 15,100)
81 km (50 mi) NNW of Acapulco de Juarez (pop: 673,500)
84 km (52 mi) W of Chilpancingo (pop: 187,300)
246 km (153 mi) SSW of Iztapalapa (pop: 1,815,800)
249 km (155 mi) SSW of Mexico City (pop: 12,294,200)
Primary data source: EMSC
Estimated released energy: 7.1 x 1011 joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 4.769 kmGUERRERO, MEXICOEMSC
M 4.769 km34km NNE of Atoyac de Alvarez, MexicoUSGS

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Ixtapa / Weak shaking (MMI III)
Ixtapa, Mexico (140.1 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
Ixtapa / Light shaking (MMI IV) : More moving side to side .. like the floor was shifting, not like shaking.
Ixtapa / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Ciudad de México (255.9 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Moderada oscilación de objetos colgantes sensibles perceptible (reported through our app)
Coyoacán (Mexico, 239 km NE of epicenter) : Tembló en México con un a leve persepción (reported through EMSC)
Zihuatanejo de Azueta (Mexico, 141 km W of epicenter) : ca n a pas dure plus de quelques secondes , (reported through EMSC)
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