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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Tataltepec de Valdés in Mexico

Posted by admin on July 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.3967S, -97.5118WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Tataltepec de Valdés in Mexico on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -97.5118° West, latitude 16.3967° North, depth = 12.633 km. Global time and date of event 16/07/24 / 2024-07-16 14:29:15 / July 16, 2024 @ 2:29 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzjz. Unique identifier: us7000mzjz. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:29:15 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.633 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 14 600 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Trinidad Zaachila (c. 12 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cuilapan de Guerrero, Ometepec, Trinidad Zaachila (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 10 km NNE of Tataltepec de Valdés, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.5118° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.3967° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.633 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km NNE of Tataltepec de Valdés, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-16 14:29:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-16 15:17:01 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 354 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 179 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.537 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 us7000mzjz Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzjz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzjz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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