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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Brisas Barra de Suchiate in Mexico


Earthquake location 14.0541S, -92.738WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate in Mexico. Exact location, longitude -92.738° West, latitude 14.0541° North, depth = 29.288 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.288 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000nuzb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nuzb. The temblor was picked up at 20:14:09 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 20:14:09 / November 15, 2024 @ 8:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Madero, Ocós, Brisas Barra de Suchiate. Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.738° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0541° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.288 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-15 20:14:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-11 19:48:43 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.164 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 us7000nuzb Id of event.
Event Code 7000nuzb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nuzb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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