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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Puerto Madero in Mexico


Earthquake location 14.644S, -93.2376WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/11/19 / 2019-11-29 21:37:27 / November 29, 2019 @ 9:37 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.41 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us70006em5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006em5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.2376 West, latitude 14.644 North, depth = 25.41 km. The temblor was reported at 15:37:27 / 3:37 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Madero, Mazatán (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 88 km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.2376° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.644° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88km W of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-29 21:37:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-29 22:33:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.498 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 175 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70006em5 Id of event.
Event Code 70006em5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006em5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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