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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Cuajinicuilapa in Mexico

Posted by admin on February 21, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.2908S, -98.5875WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa in Mexico on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.5875 West, latitude 16.2908 North, depth = 60.06 km. The temblor was reported at 04:40:35 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20008l2z. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008l2z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.06 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 21/02/17 / 2017-02-21 10:40:35 / February 21, 2017 @ 10:40 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ayutla de los Libres, Santiago Jamiltepec, Cruz Grande. Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Luis Acatlán (c. 8 300 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 26 km SW of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.5875° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.2908° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km SW of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-02-21 10:40:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-21 11:49:09 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 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 1.265 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 165 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 us20008l2z Id of event.
Event Code 20008l2z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008l2z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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