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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Chontalpa in Mexico

Posted by admin on October 8, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.4118S, -93.9238WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Chontalpa in Mexico. Exact location of event, longitude -93.9238 West, latitude 17.4118 North, depth = 184.03 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:25:12 / 10:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 184.03 km (114 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/10/16 / 2016-10-08 15:25:12 / October 8, 2016 @ 3:25 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007csw. Id of event: us20007csw.

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minatitlan, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Villa Nanchital (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Cárdenas (c. 85 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop).

Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 53 km SW of Chontalpa, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.9238° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.4118° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 184.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km SW of Chontalpa, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-08 15:25:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-08 17:06:35 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 298 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 2.047 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us20007csw Id of event.
Event Code 20007csw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007csw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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