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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Bajos de Chila in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 19, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.8425S, -97.1977WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Bajos de Chila in Mexico on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -97.1977° West, 15.8425° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000mvgn. Event ids that are associated: us6000mvgn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/05/24 / 2024-05-01 14:11:17 / May 1, 2024 @ 2:11 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:11:17 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ejutla de Crespo, Santa María Huatulco, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 13 km (8 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ejutla de Crespo (c. 8 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from San Miguel Panixtlahuaca (c. 5 700 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 12 km SW of Bajos de Chila, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.1977° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.8425° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km SW of Bajos de Chila, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-01 14:11:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-07 09:16:08 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 312 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 94 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.156 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 us6000mvgn Id of event.
Event Code 6000mvgn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvgn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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