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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Yalina in Mexico


Earthquake location 17.2717S, -96.2864WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Yalina in Mexico on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -96.2864° West, latitude 17.2717° North, depth = 63.306 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.306 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/24 / 2024-08-01 19:19:01 / August 1, 2024 @ 7:19 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000nhf7. Event ids that are associated: us6000nhf7. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:19:01 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz, Tuxtepec, Ejutla de Crespo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Oaxaca de Juárez (c. 262 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Tuxtepec (c. 92 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán (c. 61 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from San Antonio de la Cal (c. 20 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Villa de Zaachila (c. 14 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 13 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Trinidad Zaachila (c. 12 200 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 was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 4 km NW of Yalina, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.2864° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.2717° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.306 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NW of Yalina, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-01 19:19:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-01 19:38:26 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 326 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.196 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us6000nhf7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhf7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhf7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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