Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Puerto Madero in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.17 km (29 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:14:05 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005lja. Id of event: us20005lja. Exact location of event, depth 47.17 km, -92.9319° West, 14.4475° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/04/16 / 2016-04-25 09:14:05 / April 25, 2016 @ 9:14 am.

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tuxtla Chico, Acapeteahua, Villa Comaltitlán (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Villa Comaltitlán (c. 7 900 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.9319° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.4475° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	47.17 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62km WSW 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	2016-04-25 09:14:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-04-25 11:50:35	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	1.2	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.41 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	154	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	us20005lja	Id of event.
Event Code	20005lja	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20005lja,	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

-92.9319° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

14.4475° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

47.17 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

62km WSW 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

2016-04-25 09:14:05

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-04-25 11:50:35

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

1.2

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

Root Mean Square

1.41 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

154

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

us20005lja

Id of event.

Event Code

20005lja

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

Event IDS

,us20005lja,

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

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