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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 39 km SW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico

Posted by admin on December 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.0791S, -98.6937WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Santiago Tepextla in Mexico on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgcq. Id of event: us6000pgcq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 21:27:38 / December 29, 2024 @ 9:27 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:27:38 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.6937 West, latitude 16.0791 North, depth = 10 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pinotepa de Don Luis, Cruz Grande, San Luis Acatlán. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Luis Acatlán (c. 8 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Copala (c. 6 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 39 km SW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.6937° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.0791° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km SW of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-29 21:27:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-30 04:47:58 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 298 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.48 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 225 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 us6000pgcq Id of event.
Event Code 6000pgcq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pgcq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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