Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Paredon in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Paredon in Mexico on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007qxz. Unique identifier: us10007qxz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/16 / 2016-12-25 16:24:00 / December 25, 2016 @ 4:24 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -94.153° West, 15.9157° North, depth 86.04 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 86.04 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:24:00 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Unión Hidalgo, San Mateo del Mar, Las Amilpas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Pedro Tapanatepec (c. 7 200 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 33 km WSW of Paredon, Mexico.

Arriaga Chahuite El Espinal Las Amilpas Mexico Paredon San Mateo del Mar San Pedro Tapanatepec Tonalá Unión Hidalgo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.153° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.9157° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	86.04 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	33km WSW of Paredon, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-25 16:24:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-01-23 19:37:31	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	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	312	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	0.923	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	110	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	us10007qxz	Id of event.
Event Code	10007qxz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10007qxz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.153° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.9157° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

86.04 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

33km WSW of Paredon, Mexico

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

Time

2016-12-25 16:24:00

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-01-23 19:37:31

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

312

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

0.923

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

Root Mean Square

1.07 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

110

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

us10007qxz

Id of event.

Event Code

10007qxz

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

Event IDS

,us10007qxz,

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

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