Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Pinotepa de Don Luis in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Pinotepa de Don Luis in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.94 km (20 miles). Exact location, longitude -97.8297° West, latitude 16.6123° North, depth = 31.94 km. Unique identifier: us10005zxs. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005zxs. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/16 / 2016-07-04 23:35:14 / July 4, 2016 @ 11:35 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:35:14 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 14 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Putla Villa de Guerrero (c. 9 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santiago Juxtlahuaca, Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco, Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km NNE of Pinotepa de Don Luis, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-97.8297° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.6123° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.94 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km NNE of Pinotepa de Don Luis, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-07-04 23:35:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-07-04 23:55:47	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	284	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	1.178	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	198	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	us10005zxs	Id of event.
Event Code	10005zxs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10005zxs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-97.8297° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.6123° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

31.94 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

23km NNE of Pinotepa de Don Luis, Mexico

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

Time

2016-07-04 23:35:14

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-07-04 23:55:47

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-300

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

284

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

1.178

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

Root Mean Square

1.14 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

198

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

us10005zxs

Id of event.

Event Code

10005zxs

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

Event IDS

,us10005zxs,

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

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