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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Tres Picos in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.9128S, -93.3379WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (mg/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 08:14:25 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 108.21 km (67 miles). Global time of event 16/06/15 / 2015-06-16 13:14:25 / June 16, 2015 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -93.3379 West, latitude 15.9128 North, depth 108.21 km, unique identifier, us20002q9z. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us20002q9z,.

Close countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Berriozábal (c. 21 000 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chahuite, Berriozábal, Acapeteahua.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.3379° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.9128° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km ENE of Tres Picos, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-16 13:14:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-16 15:12:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 354 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 1.211 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 121 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 us20002q9z Id of event.
Event Code 20002q9z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002q9z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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