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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Santa María Tiltepec in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.0103S, -97.169WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Santa María Tiltepec in Mexico. Exact location of event, longitude -97.169 West, latitude 16.0103 North, depth = 27.217 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 00:34:04 / May 2, 2024 @ 12:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.217 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000mvka. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mvka. The temblor was picked up at 00:34:04 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ejutla de Crespo (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa María Huatulco, Ayoquezco de Aldama, San Pedro Pochutla (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 5 km S of Santa María Tiltepec, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.169° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.0103° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.217 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km S of Santa María Tiltepec, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-02 00:34:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-24 01:51:26 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.043 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 us6000mvka Id of event.
Event Code 6000mvka An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvka, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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