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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag strikes near Puerto Peñasco in Mexico

Posted by admin on March 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.5154S, -113.9478WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Puerto Peñasco in Mexico on Saturday. Unique identifier: us6000pxn6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pxn6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/25 / 2025-03-08 15:19:42 / March 8, 2025 @ 3:19 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -113.9478° West, 31.5154° North, depth 15.503 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.503 km (10 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:19:42 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Peñasco (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Puerto Peñasco (c. 33 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 44 km WNW of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -113.9478° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.5154° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.503 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km WNW of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-08 15:19:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-08 17:26:28 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 178 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 1.063 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 207 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000pxn6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pxn6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pxn6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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