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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Rizo de Oro in Mexico

Posted by admin on August 14, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.0407S, -92.4676WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Rizo de Oro in Mexico. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:26:05 / 8:26 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n718. Id of event: us7000n718. Exact location of earthquake, -92.4676° West, 16.0407° North, depth 209.362 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 209.362 km (130 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 20:26:05 / August 14, 2024 @ 8:26 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from San Cristóbal de las Casas (c. 129 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Las Margaritas (c. 103 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Comitán (c. 79 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Jacaltenango (c. 34 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Motozintla de Mendoza (c. 19 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Frontera Comalapa (c. 18 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villa Comaltitlán, Jacaltenango, Pijijiapan (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km NNE of Rizo de Oro, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.4676° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.0407° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 209.362 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km NNE of Rizo de Oro, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-14 20:26:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-14 21:29:20 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.398 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 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 us7000n718 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n718 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n718, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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