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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Puerto Madero in Mexico


Earthquake location 14.2491S, -93.0933WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Global time and date of event 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 07:03:06 / November 16, 2024 @ 7:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -93.0933° West, latitude 14.2491° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ns4l. Id of event: us7000ns4l. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:03:06 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ocós, Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mazatán (min 5000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.0933° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.2491° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-16 07:03:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-16 14:30:58 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 369 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 98 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.599 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 152 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ns4l Id of event.
Event Code 7000ns4l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ns4l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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