Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Ometepec in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ometepec in Mexico on Sunday. Id of earthquake: us20008t8l. Event ids that are associated: us20008t8l. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.61 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.5268 West, latitude 16.6292 North, depth = 15.61 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/03/17 / 2017-03-20 03:41:34 / March 20, 2017 @ 3:41 am. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:41:34 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santiago Jamiltepec, Putla Villa de Guerrero, Ayutla de los Libres (min 5000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.5268° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.6292° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15.61 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km WSW of Ometepec, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-03-20 03:41:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-20 04:15:25	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	0.929	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	203	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	us20008t8l	Id of event.
Event Code	20008t8l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20008t8l,	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

-98.5268° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.6292° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

15.61 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

13km WSW of Ometepec, Mexico

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

Time

2017-03-20 03:41:34

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-03-20 04:15:25

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

0.929

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

Root Mean Square

1 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

203

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

us20008t8l

Id of event.

Event Code

20008t8l

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

Event IDS

,us20008t8l,

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

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