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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Santa Maria Xadani in Mexico

Posted by admin on July 23, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.1575S, -95.8848WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Santa Maria Xadani in Mexico on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -95.8848 West, latitude 16.1575 North, depth = 44.79 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.79 km (28 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/17 / 2017-07-23 10:12:22 / July 23, 2017 @ 10:12 am. The temblor was picked up at 04:12:22 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20009zzm. Unique identifier: us20009zzm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Jalapa (c. 8 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Dionisio Ocotepec, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, San Pedro Pochutla (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km NE of Santa Maria Xadani, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -95.8848° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.1575° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km NE of Santa Maria Xadani, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-23 10:12:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-07-23 10:47:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 299 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 4.301 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 us20009zzm Id of event.
Event Code 20009zzm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009zzm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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