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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Guacamayas in Mexico

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Earthquake location 18.0643S, -102.2379WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guacamayas in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/12/24 / 2024-12-04 06:09:03 / December 4, 2024 @ 6:09 am. Exact location of event, longitude -102.2379 West, latitude 18.0643 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:09:03 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nvtf. Event ids that are associated: us7000nvtf.

The epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (c. 84 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (c. 61 300 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Guacamayas (c. 39 400 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from La Orilla (c. 20 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from La Mira Tumbiscatio (c. 14 500 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Buenos Aires (c. 9 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa, San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo) (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 5 km NNW of Guacamayas, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -102.2379° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0643° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km NNW of Guacamayas, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-04 06:09:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-02 06:46:53 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.842 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 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 us7000nvtf Id of event.
Event Code 7000nvtf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nvtf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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