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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Brisas Barra de Suchiate in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 20, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.3778S, -92.4721WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate in Mexico on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us6000my6f. Event ids that are associated: us6000my6f. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 23:00:03 / May 12, 2024 @ 11:00 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -92.4721 West, latitude 14.3778 North, depth = 68.284 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:00:03 / 11:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.284 km (42 miles).

The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Colomba (c. 19 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Cristóbal Cucho, Villa Comaltitlán, San Sebastián. Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.4721° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3778° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.284 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 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 23:00:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 23:15:47 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.905 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 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 us6000my6f Id of event.
Event Code 6000my6f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000my6f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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