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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Santiago Laxopa in Mexico

Posted by admin on August 25, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.2213S, -96.3697WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Santiago Laxopa in Mexico. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:27:25 / 2:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -96.3697 West, latitude 17.2213 North, depth = 83.45 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/24 / 2024-08-25 14:27:25 / August 25, 2024 @ 2:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 83.45 km (52 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000n9bk. Event ids that are associated: us7000n9bk.

Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Oaxaca de Juárez (c. 262 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán (c. 61 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from San Antonio de la Cal (c. 20 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Villa de Zaachila (c. 14 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 13 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Trinidad Zaachila (c. 12 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Tlacolula de Matamoros (c. 11 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz, Asunción Nochixtlán, San Lucas Ojitlán (min 5000 pop). Close 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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 6 km W of Santiago Laxopa, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.3697° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.2213° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 83.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km W of Santiago Laxopa, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-25 14:27:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-25 16:10:16 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 312 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.125 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us7000n9bk Id of event.
Event Code 7000n9bk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n9bk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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