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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Venustiano Carranza (Peña Blanca) in Mexico

Posted by admin on August 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.6585S, -94.7287WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Venustiano Carranza (Peña Blanca) in Mexico on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -94.7287 West, latitude 17.6585 North, depth = 134.606 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 134.606 km (84 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:34:57 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nnrl. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nnrl. Global time and date of event 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 20:34:57 / August 30, 2024 @ 8:34 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from San Andres Tuxtla (c. 55 700 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Andres Tuxtla, Catemaco, Matías Romero (min 5000 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 one 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km NE of Venustiano Carranza (Peña Blanca), Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.7287° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.6585° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 134.606 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km NE of Venustiano Carranza (Peña Blanca), Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-30 20:34:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-30 20:52:28 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 369 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 80 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.833 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nnrl Id of event.
Event Code 6000nnrl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nnrl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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