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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Cabeza de Toro in Mexico

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Earthquake location 15.8354S, -93.8359WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Cabeza de Toro in Mexico on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 23:55:55 / August 20, 2024 @ 11:55 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.36 km (54 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:55:55 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -93.8359° West, latitude 15.8354° North, depth = 86.36 km. Id of earthquake: us7000n8cz. Event ids that are associated: us7000n8cz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Pedro Buenavista (c. 8 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Zanatepec, San Francisco Ixhuatan, San Pedro Buenavista (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 ten 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.8359° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.8354° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km SSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-20 23:55:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-21 00:11:14 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.693 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us7000n8cz Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8cz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8cz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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