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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near San Mateo del Mar in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.0331S, -94.9488WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from San Mateo del Mar in Mexico on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -94.9488 West, latitude 16.0331 North, depth = 58.843 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.843 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/11/24 / 2024-11-10 07:44:19 / November 10, 2024 @ 7:44 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nqyk. Id of event: us7000nqyk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 07:44:19 / 7:44 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Matías Romero, San Pedro Tapanatepec, Chahuite (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico. This information 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 -94.9488° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.0331° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.843 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-10 07:44:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-10 09:33:07 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.713 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us7000nqyk Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqyk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqyk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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