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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Santa Gertrudis Miramar in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.8597S, -95.2322WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Santa Gertrudis Miramar in Mexico on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 09:55:16 / June 16, 2024 @ 9:55 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.96 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000n9nb. Event ids that are associated: us6000n9nb. Exact location, longitude -95.2322° West, latitude 15.8597° North, depth = 11.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:55:16 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (23 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa María Xadani, Las Amilpas, San Jerónimo Ixtepec.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km SE of Santa Gertrudis Miramar, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -95.2322° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.8597° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km SE of Santa Gertrudis Miramar, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-16 09:55:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-08 12:32:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 259 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 0.848 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us6000n9nb Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9nb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9nb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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