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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near San Carlos in Mexico


Earthquake location 27.7035S, -111.6118WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from San Carlos in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -111.6118 West, latitude 27.7035 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 07:55:01 / June 5, 2024 @ 7:55 am. Id of earthquake: us7000mqfg. Event ids that are associated: us7000mqfg. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:55:01 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Empalme, Santa Rosalia, Heroica Guaymas. Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Heroica Guaymas (c. 103 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Empalme (c. 38 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Rosalia (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one 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 earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 62 km WSW of San Carlos, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -111.6118° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.7035° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km WSW of San Carlos, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-05 07:55:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-05 08:18:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 285 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.677 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us7000mqfg Id of event.
Event Code 7000mqfg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mqfg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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