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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso) in Mexico


Earthquake location 31.6717S, -115.4821WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso) in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.764 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 11:05:46 / May 27, 2024 @ 11:05 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1716807960, us6000n194. Id of event: us6000n194. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.4821 West, latitude 31.6717 North, depth = 11.764 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:05:46 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (c. 8 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Estación Coahuila (c. 7 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Delta (c. 5 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete) (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Delta, Guadalupe Victoria, Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete) (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 61 km SW of Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso), Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.4821° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6717° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.764 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km SW of Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso), Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-27 11:05:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-27 11:22:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.29 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 272 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 ,ew,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.042 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us6000n194 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n194 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1716807960,us6000n194, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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