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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Aquiles Serdán in Mexico

Posted by admin on November 14, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.8212S, -92.7782WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Aquiles Serdán in Mexico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 11:14:50 / October 17, 2024 @ 11:14 am. Exact location of earthquake, -92.7782° West, 14.8212° North, depth 63.24 km. The temblor was reported at 11:14:50 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nq4a. Unique identifier: us7000nq4a. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.24 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuevo Progreso, El Tumbador, Tacaná. Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Motozintla de Mendoza (c. 19 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Malacatán (c. 14 900 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Cacahoatán (c. 14 400 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km WSW of Aquiles Serdán, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.7782° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.8212° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km WSW of Aquiles Serdán, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-17 11:14:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-14 11:27:06 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 271 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.602 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 166 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 us7000nq4a Id of event.
Event Code 7000nq4a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nq4a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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