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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near El Conchero in Mexico

Posted by admin on December 15, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.9193S, -99.9575WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from El Conchero in Mexico on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000nz37. Event ids that are associated: us7000nz37. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:42:32 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 11:42:32 / December 15, 2024 @ 11:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -99.9575° West, 16.9193° North.

Event epicenter was 9 km (6 miles) from Acapulco de Juárez (c. 652 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Chilpancingo de los Bravos (c. 165 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Atoyac de Álvarez (c. 21 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Tixtla de Guerrero (c. 21 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana (c. 14 600 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Coyuca de Benítez (c. 12 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tixtla de Guerrero, Ayutla de los Libres, Cruz Grande (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 2 km SSE of El Conchero, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -99.9575° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.9193° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km SSE of El Conchero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-15 11:42:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-15 15:41:15 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 285 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.475 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 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 us7000nz37 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nz37 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nz37, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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