Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Corralero in Mexico

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Corralero in Mexico on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 00:54:26 / October 17, 2024 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:54:26 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nq48. Event ids that are associated: us7000nq48. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -98.4332° West, 15.7444° North.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pinotepa de Don Luis, Santiago Jamiltepec, Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pinotepa de Don Luis (c. 5 500 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 60 km SSW of Corralero, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.4332° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.7444° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60 km SSW of Corralero, 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 00:54:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-14 01:53:15	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	33	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.708	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	225	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	us7000nq48	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nq48	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nq48,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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