Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Niltepec in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Niltepec in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.57 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20002vwn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002vwn. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/15 / 2015-07-08 01:23:18 / July 8, 2015 @ 1:23 am. The temblor was detected at 20:23:18 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -94.511 West, latitude 17.0657 North, depth = 100.57 km.

Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Colonia Rincón Viejo (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Espinal, Juchitán de Zaragoza, El Espinal.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 56 km NNE of Niltepec, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.511° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.0657° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	100.57 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56km NNE of Niltepec, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-07-08 01:23:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-07-08 01:53:14	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	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	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	259	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	2.405	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.15 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	152	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	us20002vwn	Id of event.
Event Code	20002vwn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20002vwn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.511° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.0657° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

100.57 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

56km NNE of Niltepec, Mexico

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-07-08 01:23:18

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-07-08 01:53:14

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

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

259

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

2.405

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.15 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

152

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20002vwn

Id of event.

Event Code

20002vwn

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us20002vwn,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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