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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near San Francisco del Mar Viejo in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.5964S, -94.4815WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from San Francisco del Mar Viejo in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.245 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000ndeg. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ndeg. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.4815 West, latitude 15.5964 North, depth = 45.245 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/09/24 / 2024-09-13 00:11:03 / September 13, 2024 @ 12:11 am. The temblor was reported at 00:11:03 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Pedro Tapanatepec (c. 7 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Francisco Ixhuatan (c. 5 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro Tapanatepec, Las Amilpas, San Mateo del Mar (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nineteen 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 72 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.4815° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.5964° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.245 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-13 00:11:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-13 05:17:37 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.356 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 178 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 us7000ndeg Id of event.
Event Code 7000ndeg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ndeg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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