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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Placeres del Oro in Mexico

Posted by admin on September 21, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.1125S, -101.0743WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Placeres del Oro in Mexico on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -101.0743° West, 18.1125° North, depth 71.333 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 19:54:45 / September 21, 2024 @ 7:54 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.333 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ntiy. Id of event: us6000ntiy. The temblor was detected at 19:54:45 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (c. 61 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ciudad Altamirano (c. 24 500 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Huetamo de Núñez (c. 21 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Petatlán (c. 21 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Arcelia (c. 16 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo) (c. 8 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tlapehuala (c. 8 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arcelia, Ixtapa, San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo) (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km SW of Placeres del Oro, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -101.0743° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1125° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.333 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km SW of Placeres del Oro, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-21 19:54:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-21 21:36:21 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 340 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 87 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.533 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 us6000ntiy Id of event.
Event Code 6000ntiy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntiy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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