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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Petacalco in Mexico

Posted by admin on July 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.6318S, -102.1057WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Petacalco in Mexico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000my3g. Id of event: us7000my3g. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/07/24 / 2024-07-09 17:51:37 / July 9, 2024 @ 5:51 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:51:37 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -102.1057 West, latitude 17.6318 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (c. 84 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (c. 61 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Guacamayas (c. 39 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Petatlán (c. 21 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from La Orilla (c. 20 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 9 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petatlán, Arteaga, 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 two and in the last 365 days four 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 quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km S of Petacalco, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -102.1057° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.6318° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km S of Petacalco, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-09 17:51:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-09 19:23:21 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 111 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.17 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 231 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 us7000my3g Id of event.
Event Code 7000my3g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000my3g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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