Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Paredon in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Paredon in Mexico. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:41:26 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/02/17 / 2017-02-13 20:41:26 / February 13, 2017 @ 8:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.8237 West, latitude 15.8715 North, depth = 94.81 km. Event id: us20008jkc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008jkc. The epicenter was at a depth of 94.81 km (59 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Jiquipilas (c. 9 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cintalapa de Figueroa, Jiquipilas, San Francisco Ixhuatan (min 5000 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km SSE of Paredon, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-93.8237° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.8715° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	94.81 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18km SSE 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	2017-02-13 20:41:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-02-13 22:55:22	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	340	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	1.672	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	146	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	us20008jkc	Id of event.
Event Code	20008jkc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20008jkc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-93.8237° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.8715° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

94.81 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

18km SSE 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

2017-02-13 20:41:26

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-02-13 22:55:22

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

340

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

1.672

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

Root Mean Square

1.05 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

146

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

us20008jkc

Id of event.

Event Code

20008jkc

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

Event IDS

,us20008jkc,

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

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