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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro) in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.0449S, -94.1706WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 105 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico (65 miles) on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 12:09:41 / April 18, 2024 @ 12:09 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.055 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:09:41 / 12:09 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcve. Id of event: us7000mcve. Exact location of earthquake, -94.1706° West, 15.0449° North, depth 42.055 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 105 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.1706° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.0449° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.055 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 105 km SW of Manuel Ávila Camacho (Ponte Duro), Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-18 12:09:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-16 08:26:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 298 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.146 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us7000mcve Id of event.
Event Code 7000mcve An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mcve, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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