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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Santa María Tonameca in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.6908S, -96.5887WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Santa María Tonameca in Mexico. The temblor was detected at 23:43:28 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000pzhs. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pzhs. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/25 / 2025-05-15 23:43:28 / May 15, 2025 @ 11:43 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -96.5887 West, latitude 15.6908 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Santa María Xadani (c. 5 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Santa María Xadani, Puerto Escondido (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SW of Santa María Tonameca, 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 -96.5887° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.6908° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SW of Santa María Tonameca, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-15 23:43:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-16 00:06:09 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.657 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 202 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 us7000pzhs Id of event.
Event Code 7000pzhs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pzhs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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