Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Puerto Madero in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Saturday. Global time and date of event 03/10/15 / 2015-10-03 06:51:14 / October 3, 2015 @ 6:51 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -92.9362 West, latitude 14.2508 North, depth = 31.98 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10003jyz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003jyz. The temblor was picked up at 00:51:14 / 12:51 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.98 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciudad Tecún Umán, Vida Mejor I, Mazatán (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Vida Mejor I (c. 6 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.9362° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.2508° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.98 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	76km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-10-03 06:51:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-10-03 07:17:21	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	1.746	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.8 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	177	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	us10003jyz	Id of event.
Event Code	10003jyz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10003jyz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-92.9362° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

14.2508° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

31.98 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

76km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico

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

Time

2015-10-03 06:51:14

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-10-03 07:17:21

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

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

326

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

1.746

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

Root Mean Square

0.8 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

177

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

us10003jyz

Id of event.

Event Code

10003jyz

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

Event IDS

,us10003jyz,

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

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