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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 21 km N of Niltepec, Mexico

Posted by admin on September 10, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.7634S, -94.6341WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Niltepec in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 19:11:14 / 7:11 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/09/17 / 2017-09-10 01:11:14 / September 10, 2017 @ 1:11 am. Event id: us2000aj47. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aj47. The epicenter was at a depth of 28.56 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -94.6341° West, 16.7634° North, depth 28.56 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salina Cruz, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, San Mateo del Mar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km N of Niltepec, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.6341° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.7634° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 28.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km N of Niltepec, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-10 01:11:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-10 01:53:26 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 271 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 2.442 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 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 us2000aj47 Id of event.
Event Code 2000aj47 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000aj47, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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