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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near El Ticui in Mexico


Earthquake location 17.5004S, -100.5068WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from El Ticui in Mexico on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -100.5068 West, latitude 17.5004 North, depth = 40.218 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 40.218 km (25 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:42:21 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000mtq2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtq2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/24 / 2024-06-21 01:42:21 / June 21, 2024 @ 1:42 am.

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Atoyac de Álvarez (c. 21 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Petatlán (c. 21 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana (c. 14 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Coyuca de Benítez (c. 12 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Chichihualco (c. 10 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tlapehuala (c. 8 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Apaxtla de Castrejón, Chichihualco, San Jeronimito (min 5000 pop).

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 two 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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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: 32 km NNW of El Ticui, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.5068° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.5004° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.218 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km NNW of El Ticui, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-21 01:42:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-21 02:46:45 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.852 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 239 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 us7000mtq2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtq2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtq2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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