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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near La Esperanza (El Zapotal) in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.0249S, -93.3267WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from La Esperanza (El Zapotal) in Mexico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/04/24 / 2024-04-21 16:51:21 / April 21, 2024 @ 4:51 pm. The temblor was picked up at 16:51:21 / 4:51 pm (local time epicenter). 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 69.003 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -93.3267° West, latitude 15.0249° North, depth = 69.003 km. Event id: us7000mdp9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mdp9.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Huehuetán, Mazatán, Huixtla. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Villa Comaltitlán (c. 7 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Huehuetán (c. 7 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Acacoyahua (c. 6 200 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.3267° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.0249° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.003 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km SSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-21 16:51:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 17:15:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 369 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.696 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us7000mdp9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mdp9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mdp9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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