Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Ostuacan in Mexico

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Ostuacan in Mexico on Wednesday. Event id: us20005at2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005at2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/03/16 / 2016-03-16 19:48:16 / March 16, 2016 @ 7:48 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:48:16 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 42.02 km, -93.3058° West, 17.441° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.02 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miguel Hidalgo, Chiapa de Corzo, Nacajuca (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Villahermosa (c. 362 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cárdenas (c. 85 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Macuspana (c. 30 400 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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: 2 km NNW of Ostuacan, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-93.3058° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.441° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.02 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2km NNW of Ostuacan, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-03-16 19:48:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-21 23:40:30	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	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	1.606	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	121	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	us20005at2	Id of event.
Event Code	20005at2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20005at2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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