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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near San Bartolo Yautepec in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.4758S, -95.9197WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from San Bartolo Yautepec in Mexico on Saturday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:47:10 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -95.9197° West, 16.4758° North, depth 43.006 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mu0a. Id of event: us7000mu0a. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 19:47:10 / June 22, 2024 @ 7:47 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.006 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Tlacolula de Matamoros (c. 11 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Asunción Ixtaltepec, San Jerónimo Ixtepec, Ejutla de Crespo.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 7 km NE of San Bartolo Yautepec, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -95.9197° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.4758° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 43.006 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km NE of San Bartolo Yautepec, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-22 19:47:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-25 21:59:21 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 271 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.753 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 us7000mu0a Id of event.
Event Code 7000mu0a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mu0a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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