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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near El Habillal in Mexico


Earthquake location 18.0282S, -102.4021WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from El Habillal in Mexico. Exact location, longitude -102.4021° West, latitude 18.0282° North, depth = 52.238 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000p6sn. Unique identifier: us6000p6sn. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.238 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:35:57 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/11/24 / 2024-11-21 16:35:57 / November 21, 2024 @ 4:35 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo), Ixtapa, Aguililla. Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (13 miles) from Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (c. 84 000 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Guacamayas (c. 39 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from La Orilla (c. 20 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from La Mira Tumbiscatio (c. 14 500 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 9 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Arteaga (c. 9 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Aguililla (c. 9 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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.

Questions or comments?

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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km NW of El Habillal, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -102.4021° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0282° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.238 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km NW of El Habillal, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-21 16:35:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 20:47:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 312 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.823 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 190 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 us6000p6sn Id of event.
Event Code 6000p6sn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p6sn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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