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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 12 km WSW of Santa Cruz Xitla, Mexico

Posted by admin on July 15, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.281S, -96.7735WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Santa Cruz Xitla in Mexico on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.7735 West, latitude 16.281 North, depth = 49.35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002xle. Unique identifier: us20002xle. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/15 / 2015-07-15 09:22:26 / July 15, 2015 @ 9:22 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.35 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:22:26 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, Crucecita (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Oaxaca de Juárez (c. 262 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán (c. 61 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Antonio de la Cal (c. 20 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Villa de Zaachila (c. 14 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km WSW of Santa Cruz Xitla, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.7735° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.281° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km WSW of Santa Cruz Xitla, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-15 09:22:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-15 09:50:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 326 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 2.137 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 189 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 us20002xle Id of event.
Event Code 20002xle An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002xle, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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