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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near La Esperanza (El Zapotal) in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.0537S, -93.141WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from La Esperanza (El Zapotal) in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:46:50 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 55.671 km (35 miles). Exact location, longitude -93.141° West, latitude 15.0537° North, depth = 55.671 km. Id of earthquake: us7000ns4x. Event ids that are associated: us7000ns4x. Global time and date of event 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 08:46:50 / November 16, 2024 @ 8:46 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Madero, Huehuetán, Mazatán. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Villa Comaltitlán (c. 7 900 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 43 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.141° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.0537° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.671 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km S of La Esperanza (El Zapotal), 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 08:46:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-17 06:17:20 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 246 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.205 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205 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 us7000ns4x Id of event.
Event Code 7000ns4x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ns4x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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