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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Mancuernas in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.3417S, -98.1669WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Mancuernas in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.838 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nysn. Id of event: us6000nysn. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/24 / 2024-10-15 09:32:18 / October 15, 2024 @ 9:32 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -98.1669° West, latitude 16.3417° North, depth = 9.838 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:32:18 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Catarina Juquila, Copala, San Miguel Panixtlahuaca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 12 km (7 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Putla Villa de Guerrero (c. 9 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from San Luis Acatlán (c. 8 300 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km SW of Mancuernas, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.1669° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.3417° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.838 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SW of Mancuernas, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-15 09:32:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-15 10:18:17 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 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.273 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 204 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 us6000nysn Id of event.
Event Code 6000nysn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nysn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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