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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Arteaga in Mexico

Posted by admin on June 9, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.3943S, -102.3794WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Arteaga in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:52:50 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -102.3794 West, latitude 18.3943 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/25 / 2025-05-16 14:52:50 / May 16, 2025 @ 2:52 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000pzkc. Event ids that are associated: us7000pzkc.

Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Apatzingán (c. 98 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (c. 84 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Guacamayas (c. 39 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Nueva Italia de Ruiz (c. 31 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from La Orilla (c. 20 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from La Mira Tumbiscatio (c. 14 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Lombardía (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km WNW of Arteaga, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -102.3794° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.3943° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km WNW of Arteaga, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-16 14:52:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-09 10:58:50 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 284 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.655 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 203 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 us7000pzkc Id of event.
Event Code 7000pzkc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pzkc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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