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Waste / landfill · 6 Jun 2024

Methane plume detected in Mexico

On 6 Jun 2024, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 3,514 kg/h from a waste site or landfill.

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3,514 kg/h
± 696 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 84.3 tonnes of methane.

Detected
6 Jun 2024 · 15:10 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Waste / landfill
Wind
Plume drifting towards the W · 1.2 m/s
Coordinates
19.7973, -98.97709
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UNEP plume ID
464b8f3b-7c50-43d3-9f71-31c9688835cd

Likely operator

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Emitting site

MEX_S_069 · Landfill
5 plumes detected at this site

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 464b8f3b-7c50-43d3-9f71-31c9688835cd, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/464b8f3b-7c50-43d3-9f71-31c9688835cd), accessed 6 Oct 2026.