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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 3 km SW of Suchilapan del Río, Mexico


Earthquake location 17.358S, -95.0079WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Suchilapan del Río in Mexico on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -95.0079 West, latitude 17.358 North, depth = 125.682 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 23:16:20 / November 24, 2024 @ 11:16 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:16:20 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.682 km (78 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000p7i5. Id of event: us6000p7i5.

The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Cosoleacaque (c. 20 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Juan Rodríguez Clara (c. 14 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Jerónimo Ixtepec, Minatitlan, Juan Rodríguez Clara (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. 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 one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 3 km SW of Suchilapan del Río, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -95.0079° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.358° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 125.682 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km SW of Suchilapan del Río, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-24 23:16:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-25 00:20:55 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 259 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.951 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us6000p7i5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000p7i5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p7i5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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