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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Nueva Italia de Ruiz in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.0205S, -102.0748WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Nueva Italia de Ruiz in Mexico on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -102.0748° West, latitude 19.0205° North, depth = 108.838 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:51:31 / 6:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.838 km (68 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q0r0. Id of event: us7000q0r0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/05/25 / 2025-05-22 06:51:31 / May 22, 2025 @ 6:51 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Uruapan (c. 237 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Apatzingán (c. 98 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Zacapú (c. 50 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Pátzcuaro (c. 49 000 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Nueva Italia de Ruiz (c. 31 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tacámbaro de Codallos (c. 21 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Paracho de Verduzco (c. 16 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puréparo de Echaíz, Tangancícuaro de Arista, Acuitzio del Canje (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 1 km ESE of Nueva Italia de Ruiz, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -102.0748° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.0205° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.838 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km ESE of Nueva Italia de Ruiz, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-22 06:51:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-22 07:08:42 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 340 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 104 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.014 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 us7000q0r0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000q0r0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q0r0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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