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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near San José del Cabo in Mexico


Earthquake location 22.9752S, -109.717WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from San José del Cabo in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/09/24 / 2024-09-03 11:58:47 / September 3, 2024 @ 11:58 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:58:47 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -109.717° West, 22.9752° North, depth 10 km. 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 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nph0. Unique identifier: us6000nph0.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Palmas, Cabo San Lucas, Las Veredas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from San José del Cabo (c. 48 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Cabo San Lucas (c. 42 600 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Las Palmas (c. 11 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Las Veredas (c. 10 500 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 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. 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: 8 km S of San José del Cabo, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -109.717° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 22.9752° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km S of San José del Cabo, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-03 11:58:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-03 13:53:19 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 298 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.893 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 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 us6000nph0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nph0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nph0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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