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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Durango in Mexico

Posted by admin on January 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.3141S, -115.409WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Durango in Mexico on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 18:08:47 / 6:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ew1737655730. Ids that are associated to the event: ew1737655730. Exact location of event, longitude -115.409 West, latitude 32.3141 North, depth = 9 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/01/25 / 2025-01-23 18:08:47 / January 23, 2025 @ 6:08 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calipatria, Yuma, Brawley (min 5000 pop).

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 four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km WNW of Durango, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.409° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.3141° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km WNW of Durango, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-23 18:08:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-23 18:09:08 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 automatic 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 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ew The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ew1737655730 Id of event.
Event Code 1737655730 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1737655730, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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