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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Camalú in Mexico

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Camalú in Mexico on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -115.5377° West, latitude 31.1563° North, depth = 8 km. Unique identifier: ew1716882480. Ids that are associated to the event: ew1716882480. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 07:47:30 / May 28, 2024 @ 7:47 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 07:47:30 / 7:47 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Quintín, San Felipe, Vicente Guerrero. Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 12 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Camalú (c. 7 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Emiliano Zapata (c. 5 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Quintín (c. 5 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km NE of Camalú, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.5377° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.1563° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	61 km NE of Camalú, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-28 07:47:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-28 07:48:04	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	automatic	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	259	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ew	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ew,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	10	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ew1716882480	Id of event.
Event Code	1716882480	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1716882480,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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