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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Jesús Carranza in Mexico


Earthquake location 17.5166S, -94.9995WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Jesús Carranza in Mexico on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -94.9995° West, 17.5166° North, depth 98.501 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/01/25 / 2025-01-11 06:49:30 / January 11, 2025 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pje4. Id of event: us6000pje4. The temblor was detected at 06:49:30 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 98.501 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cosoleacaque (c. 20 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Playa Vicente, Coatzacoalcos, Cuichapa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 9 km NNE of Jesús Carranza, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.9995° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.5166° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 98.501 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km NNE of Jesús Carranza, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-11 06:49:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-11 09:12:10 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.003 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 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 us6000pje4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pje4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pje4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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