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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Puerto Madero in Mexico


Earthquake location 14.2343S, -93.0679WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Global time and date of event 31/07/24 / 2024-07-31 08:10:48 / July 31, 2024 @ 8:10 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nh2h. Unique identifier: us6000nh2h. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -93.0679° West, 14.2343° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:10:48 / 8:10 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Madero. Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 88 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.0679° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.2343° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-31 08:10:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-31 09:12:14 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.499 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us6000nh2h Id of event.
Event Code 6000nh2h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nh2h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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