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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Santa Gertrudis Miramar in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 20, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.7541S, -95.3396WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Santa Gertrudis Miramar in Mexico. Event id: us6000mzrz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzrz. Global time and date of event 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 07:17:22 / May 20, 2024 @ 7:17 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -95.3396 West, latitude 15.7541 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 07:17:22 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Amilpas, Unión Hidalgo, San Jerónimo Ixtepec (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 has struck near.

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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: 34 km S of Santa Gertrudis Miramar, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -95.3396° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.7541° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km S of Santa Gertrudis Miramar, 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 07:17:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-20 07:36:53 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 369 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 91 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.124 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mzrz Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzrz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzrz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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