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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Santiago Jamiltepec in Mexico

Posted by admin on October 7, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.2127S, -97.8256WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec in Mexico on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 01:41:41 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -97.8256 West, latitude 16.2127 North, depth = 58.9 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.9 km (37 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10003kw0. Unique identifier: us10003kw0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/10/15 / 2015-10-07 06:41:41 / October 7, 2015 @ 6:41 am.

Event epicenter was 28 km (18 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Putla Villa de Guerrero (c. 9 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Putla Villa de Guerrero, Puerto Escondido, Ometepec (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km S of Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.8256° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.2127° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km S of Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-10-07 06:41:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-07 06:57:30 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 271 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 3.357 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 229 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 us10003kw0 Id of event.
Event Code 10003kw0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003kw0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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