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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Piedra Blanca in Mexico

Posted by admin on December 7, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.0252S, -94.9892WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Piedra Blanca in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 04:35:01 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.9892 West, latitude 17.0252 North, depth = 116.526 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nuyh. Event ids that are associated: us7000nuyh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.526 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/11/24 / 2024-11-14 04:35:01 / November 14, 2024 @ 4:35 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santo Domingo Zanatepec, San Mateo del Mar, Las Amilpas (min 5000 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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 4 km NNE of Piedra Blanca, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.9892° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.0252° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 116.526 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NNE of Piedra Blanca, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-14 04:35:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-07 02:52:03 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.857 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 us7000nuyh Id of event.
Event Code 7000nuyh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nuyh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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