Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Etchoropo in Mexico


Earthquake location 26.2056S, -110.1063WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Etchoropo in Mexico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 01:05:11 / December 17, 2024 @ 1:05 am. The temblor was detected at 01:05:11 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). 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: us7000nzeu. Unique identifier: us7000nzeu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -110.1063° West, 26.2056° North, depth 10 km.

The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Huatabampo (c. 30 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Higuera de Zaragoza (c. 9 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Etchojoa (c. 8 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Unión (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Etchojoa, Higuera de Zaragoza, La Unión. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Did you feel the quake?

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: 75 km SW of Etchoropo, Mexico.

Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -110.1063° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 26.2056° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 km SW of Etchoropo, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-17 01:05:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-17 01:46:31 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 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.208 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 us7000nzeu Id of event.
Event Code 7000nzeu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nzeu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply