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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Loreto in Mexico

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Earthquake location 26.0966S, -110.7453WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Loreto in Mexico on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -110.7453 West, latitude 26.0966 North, depth = 14.502 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mcv2. Id of event: us7000mcv2. The temblor was picked up at 11:14:07 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 11:14:07 / April 18, 2024 @ 11:14 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.502 km (9 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loreto. The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. 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: 61 km E of Loreto, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -110.7453° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.0966° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.502 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km E of Loreto, 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 11:14:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-15 11:56:44 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 284 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.809 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 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 us7000mcv2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mcv2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mcv2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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