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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Puerto Escondido in Mexico

Posted by admin on April 22, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.8867S, -97.2758WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Puerto Escondido in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/03/16 / 2016-03-24 16:37:50 / March 24, 2016 @ 4:37 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 11.49 km, -97.2758° West, 15.8867° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005f7t. Unique identifier: us20005f7t. The temblor was picked up at 10:37:50 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.49 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from San Miguel Panixtlahuaca (c. 5 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro Pochutla, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Santiago Jamiltepec (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km W of Puerto Escondido, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.2758° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.8867° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km W of Puerto Escondido, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-03-24 16:37:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-04-22 21:23:14 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 2.2 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 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 0.96 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 us20005f7t Id of event.
Event Code 20005f7t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005f7t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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