Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Ocozocuautla in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ocozocuautla in Mexico on Thursday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:41:31 / 5:41 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000430u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000430u. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/15 / 2015-12-03 11:41:31 / December 3, 2015 @ 11:41 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 155.78 km (97 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -93.408° West, latitude 16.6734° North, depth = 155.78 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pichucalco, Venustiano Carranza, Chahuite. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 33 km (20 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Cristóbal de las Casas (c. 129 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-93.408° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.6734° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	155.78 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km SSW of Ocozocuautla, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-12-03 11:41:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-12-03 11:56:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	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	340	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	1.28	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	151	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	us1000430u	Id of event.
Event Code	1000430u	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000430u,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-93.408° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.6734° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

155.78 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

11km SSW of Ocozocuautla, Mexico

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

Time

2015-12-03 11:41:31

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-12-03 11:56:34

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

340

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

1.28

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

Root Mean Square

1.2 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

151

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

us1000430u

Id of event.

Event Code

1000430u

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

Event IDS

,us1000430u,

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

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