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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares in Mexico

Posted by admin on January 12, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.7279S, -103.0567WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares in Mexico on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/25 / 2025-01-12 09:18:31 / January 12, 2025 @ 9:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -103.0567 West, latitude 18.7279 North, depth = 84.794 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:18:31 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000pjiy. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjiy. The epicenter was at a depth of 84.794 km (53 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Colima (c. 127 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez (c. 117 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Apatzingán (c. 98 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tecoman (c. 79 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tuxpan (c. 32 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Armeria (c. 17 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tepalcatepec (c. 15 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buenos Aires, Tancítaro, Comala.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km ESE of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -103.0567° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7279° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 84.794 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km ESE of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-12 09:18:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-12 09:46:13 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 369 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 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.956 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 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 us6000pjiy Id of event.
Event Code 6000pjiy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pjiy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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