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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 49 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico

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Earthquake location 14.3706S, -92.7032WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/25 / 2025-02-01 02:40:02 / February 1, 2025 @ 2:40 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:40:02 / 2:40 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.7032 West, latitude 14.3706 North, depth = 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pak3. Id of event: us7000pak3.

Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Malacatán (c. 14 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cacahoatán (c. 14 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Flores Costa Cuca (c. 12 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Flores Costa Cuca, Villa Comaltitlán, Malacatán. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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

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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 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: 49 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.7032° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3706° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-01 02:40:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-01 03:42:01 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.126 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 182 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 us7000pak3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pak3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pak3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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