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Strong earthquake: M6.4 quake has struck near Brisas Barra de Suchiate in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.4518S, -92.363WA earthquake with magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate in Mexico. The 6.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:39:14 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000my20. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000my20. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 11:39:14 / May 12, 2024 @ 11:39 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.426 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -92.363 West, latitude 14.4518 North, depth = 75.426 km.

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 La Libertad, Patulul, Santa María Chiquimula. The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.363° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4518° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.426 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-12 11:39:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-14 07:31:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 158 The total number of felt reports
CDI 7.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.834 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level yellow 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 762 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 148 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.788 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000my20 Id of event.
Event Code 6000my20 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000my20, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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