Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Palomares in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Palomares in Mexico on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.4292 West, latitude 17.151 North, depth = 141.61 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 141.61 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 11/02/17 / 2017-02-11 03:21:34 / February 11, 2017 @ 3:21 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:21:34 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008678. Unique identifier: us10008678.

The epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Colonia Rincón Viejo (c. 8 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Cuichapa (c. 7 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Pedro Tapanatepec (c. 7 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coacotla, San Pedro Tapanatepec, Las Amilpas (min 5000 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 67 km E of Palomares, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.4292° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.151° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	141.61 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	67km E of Palomares, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-02-11 03:21:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-09 05:18:12	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	259	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	0.439	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	89	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	us10008678	Id of event.
Event Code	10008678	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008678,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.4292° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.151° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

141.61 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

67km E of Palomares, Mexico

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

Time

2017-02-11 03:21:34

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-03-09 05:18:12

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

259

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

0.439

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

Root Mean Square

0.86 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

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

us10008678

Id of event.

Event Code

10008678

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

Event IDS

,us10008678,

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

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