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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Puerto Madero in Mexico

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 76.8 km (48 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.345 West, latitude 14.7326 North, depth = 76.8 km. Id of earthquake: us70009pc1. Event ids that are associated: us70009pc1. The temblor was picked up at 23:53:06 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/20 / 2020-05-24 05:53:06 / May 24, 2020 @ 5:53 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mazatenango, Zunil, Almolonga. The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 8 km E of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.345° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.7326° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	76.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km E 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	2020-05-24 05:53:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-24 06:20:49	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	271	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	0.662	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	151	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	us70009pc1	Id of event.
Event Code	70009pc1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70009pc1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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