Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Puerto Madero in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20009p52. Id of event: us20009p52. Exact location, longitude -92.8063° West, latitude 14.3985° North, depth = 59.68 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/06/17 / 2017-06-22 22:25:22 / June 22, 2017 @ 10:25 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.68 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:25:22 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Champerico, Cacahoatán, Villa Comaltitlán (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Cacahoatán (c. 14 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.8063° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.3985° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.68 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-06-22 22:25:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-06-22 23:06:50	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	1.083	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.12 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	160	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	us20009p52	Id of event.
Event Code	20009p52	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20009p52,	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

-92.8063° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

14.3985° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

59.68 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

54km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico

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

Time

2017-06-22 22:25:22

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-06-22 23:06:50

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

1.083

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

Root Mean Square

1.12 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

160

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

us20009p52

Id of event.

Event Code

20009p52

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

Event IDS

,us20009p52,

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

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