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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near El Papayo in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.741S, -100.417WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from El Papayo in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/11/24 / 2024-11-20 20:56:30 / November 20, 2024 @ 8:56 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000p6mn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p6mn. Exact location of earthquake, -100.417° West, 16.741° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:56:30 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Xaltianguis, Kilómetro 30, El Súchil (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Acapulco de Juárez (c. 652 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Atoyac de Álvarez (c. 21 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana (c. 14 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Coyuca de Benítez (c. 12 500 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from San Jerónimo de Juárez (c. 7 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from El Súchil (c. 7 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km SSW of El Papayo, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.417° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.741° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km SSW of El Papayo, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-20 20:56:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-20 22:22:05 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 284 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 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.949 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 182 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 us6000p6mn Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6mn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6mn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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