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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Petatlán in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 20, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.7505S, -101.0843WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Petatlán in Mexico on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.892 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:48:14 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -101.0843 West, latitude 17.7505 North, depth = 37.892 km. Id of earthquake: us6000mzrx. Event ids that are associated: us6000mzrx. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 06:48:14 / May 20, 2024 @ 6:48 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (c. 61 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ciudad Altamirano (c. 24 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Atoyac de Álvarez (c. 21 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Petatlán (c. 21 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana (c. 14 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo) (c. 8 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tlapehuala (c. 8 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cutzamala de Pinzón, San Jerónimo de Juárez, Atoyac de Álvarez.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 30 km NE of Petatlán, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -101.0843° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.7505° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.892 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km NE of Petatlán, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-20 06:48:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-20 07:26:45 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 326 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 129 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.891 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 162 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 us6000mzrx Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzrx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzrx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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