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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 15 km S of Hidalgotitlan, Mexico

Posted by admin on October 20, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.6446S, -94.618WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hidalgotitlan in Mexico. The epicenter was at a depth of 139.07 km (86 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/10/16 / 2016-10-20 15:21:16 / October 20, 2016 @ 3:21 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -94.618° West, 17.6446° North, depth 139.07 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:21:16 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us20007fmb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007fmb.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Matías Romero, Colonia Rincón Viejo, Juan Rodríguez Clara (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (36 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Allende (c. 21 400 pop).

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 was reported nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km S of Hidalgotitlan, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.618° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.6446° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km S of Hidalgotitlan, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-20 15:21:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-20 17:22:24 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 326 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 2.733 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us20007fmb Id of event.
Event Code 20007fmb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007fmb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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