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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 32 km WNW of Pueblo Viejo, Mexico


Earthquake location 17.6806S, -100.3883WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Pueblo Viejo in Mexico on Tuesday. Event id: us7000derr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000derr. Exact location of earthquake, -100.3883° West, 17.6806° North, depth 66.06 km. 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: 02/03/21 / 2021-03-02 02:35:17 / March 2, 2021 @ 2:35 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66.06 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 02:35:17 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Ciudad Altamirano (c. 24 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Atoyac de Álvarez (c. 21 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Zumpango del Río (c. 21 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arcelia (c. 16 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana (c. 14 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Coyuca de Benítez (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bajos del Ejido, Zumpango del Río, Cutzamala de Pinzón (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km WNW of Pueblo Viejo, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.3883° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.6806° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km WNW of Pueblo Viejo, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-03-02 02:35:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-02 04:17:31 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 271 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.741 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 234 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 us7000derr Id of event.
Event Code 7000derr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000derr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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