Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Mapastepec in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Mapastepec in Mexico on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 73.86 km (46 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.1729 West, latitude 15.1781 North, depth = 73.86 km. Global time and date of event 11/09/17 / 2017-09-11 21:48:03 / September 11, 2017 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:48:03 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000akdz. Id of event: us2000akdz.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Angel Albino Corzo (c. 8 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Nueva Palestina (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Angel Albino Corzo, Huehuetán, Mazatán (min 5000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-93.1729° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.1781° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	73.86 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40km SW of Mapastepec, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-11 21:48:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-12 00:36:52	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	284	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	1.57	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	166	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	us2000akdz	Id of event.
Event Code	2000akdz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000akdz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-93.1729° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.1781° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

73.86 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

40km SW of Mapastepec, Mexico

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

Time

2017-09-11 21:48:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-09-12 00:36:52

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

284

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

1.57

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

Root Mean Square

0.64 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

166

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

us2000akdz

Id of event.

Event Code

2000akdz

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

Event IDS

,us2000akdz,

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

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