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Earthquake: M 4.3 quake strikes near Pijijiapan in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.6389S, -93.3492WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (mg/mb) was reported Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pijijiapan in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 10:48:20 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 108.84 km (68 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-08 04:48:20 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -93.3492 West, latitude 15.6389 North, depth 108.84 km.

Close countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arriaga, Escuintla, Acapeteahua.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.3492° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.6389° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km WSW of Pijijiapan, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-08 04:48:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-08 05:00:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.33 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 usc000td1k Id of event.
Event Code c000td1k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000td1k A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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