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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Brisas Barra de Suchiate in Mexico

Posted by admin on August 27, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.4296S, -92.4238WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate in Mexico on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 05:31:12 / August 26, 2024 @ 5:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -92.4238 West, latitude 14.4296 North, depth = 60.637 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.637 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000n9fr. Event ids that are associated: us7000n9fr. The temblor was detected at 05:31:12 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cuyotenango, San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Andrés Villa Seca. Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 93 km (57 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Marcos (c. 25 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 24 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.4238° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4296° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.637 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km WSW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-26 05:31:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-27 07:53:15 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 271 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 96 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.862 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 us7000n9fr Id of event.
Event Code 7000n9fr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n9fr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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