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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near La Esperanza (El Zapotal) in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.3738S, -93.2899WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from La Esperanza (El Zapotal) in Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 93.033 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:32:14 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/24 / 2024-05-11 16:32:14 / May 11, 2024 @ 4:32 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -93.2899 West, latitude 15.3738 North, depth = 93.033 km. Id of earthquake: us6000mxyr. Event ids that are associated: us6000mxyr.

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Huixtla, Villa Corzo, Angel Albino Corzo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Angel Albino Corzo (c. 8 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km WSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.2899° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.3738° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93.033 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km WSW of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-11 16:32:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-11 19:28:43 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 271 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.86 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 us6000mxyr Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxyr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxyr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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