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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Cabeza de Toro in Mexico

Posted by admin on October 2, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.8322S, -93.9908WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Cabeza de Toro in Mexico. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:03:24 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000nw51. Event ids that are associated: us6000nw51. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.9908 West, latitude 15.8322 North, depth = 72.169 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 19:03:24 / October 2, 2024 @ 7:03 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.169 km (45 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Amilpas, Villa Corzo, Pijijiapan (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 25 km WSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.9908° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.8322° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.169 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km WSW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-02 19:03:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-02 19:28:55 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 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.838 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 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 us6000nw51 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nw51 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nw51, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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