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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Cuajinicuilapa in Mexico

Posted by admin on September 10, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.8893S, -98.4942WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa 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 -98.4942 West, latitude 15.8893 North, depth = 17.95 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:00:29 / 5:00 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000ajd2. Event ids that are associated: us2000ajd2. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/09/17 / 2017-09-10 12:00:29 / September 10, 2017 @ 12:00 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 17.95 km (11 miles).

The epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Copala (c. 6 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Marquelia (c. 6 900 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Pinotepa de Don Luis (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Copala, Ometepec, Marquelia (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 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: 64 km S of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.4942° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.8893° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km S of Cuajinicuilapa, 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 12:00:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-10 12:44:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.9 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 3.483 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 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 us2000ajd2 Id of event.
Event Code 2000ajd2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ajd2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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