Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 15 km SE of Tres Picos, Mexico

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico. The temblor was picked up at 09:56:33 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 109.4 km (68 miles). Global time and date of event 25/08/16 / 2016-08-25 14:56:33 / August 25, 2016 @ 2:56 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20006tve. Event ids that are associated: us20006tve. Exact location, longitude -93.419° West, latitude 15.784° North, depth = 109.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Angel Albino Corzo (c. 8 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Angel Albino Corzo, Arriaga, Nueva Palestina (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-93.419° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.784° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	109.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15km SE of Tres Picos, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-08-25 14:56:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-12 13:15:22	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	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		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		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	us20006tve	Id of event.
Event Code	20006tve	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20006tve,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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