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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near San Francisco del Mar Viejo in Mexico

Posted by admin on October 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.9246S, -94.7285WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from San Francisco del Mar Viejo in Mexico on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.232 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -94.7285° West, 15.9246° North, depth 63.232 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 10:26:15 / October 18, 2024 @ 10:26 am UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:26:15 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nzic. Id of event: us6000nzic.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arriaga, Paredón, San Jerónimo Ixtepec (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km SSW of San Francisco del Mar Viejo, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.7285° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.9246° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.232 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km SSW 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 2024-10-18 10:26:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-18 10:44:27 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.516 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 us6000nzic Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzic An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzic, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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