Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Vicente Guerrero in Mexico

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Vicente Guerrero in Mexico. The epicenter was at a depth of 143.978 km (89 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/09/24 / 2024-09-26 19:31:19 / September 26, 2024 @ 7:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -94.6922° West, 17.494° North, depth 143.978 km. Event id: us7000ngmw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngmw. The temblor was detected at 19:31:19 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juan Rodríguez Clara, Agua Dulce, Pajapan. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 2 km E of Vicente Guerrero, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.6922° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.494° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	143.978 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2 km E of Vicente Guerrero, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-26 19:31:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-18 16:00:34	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	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.55	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	122	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	us7000ngmw	Id of event.
Event Code	7000ngmw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000ngmw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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