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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near San Francisco del Mar in Mexico

Posted by admin on September 13, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.6322S, -94.5285WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aldd. Id of event: us2000aldd. Exact location of event, depth 51.98 km, -94.5285° West, 15.6322° North. The temblor was picked up at 03:46:23 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.98 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/09/17 / 2017-09-13 09:46:23 / September 13, 2017 @ 9:46 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Pedro Tapanatepec (c. 7 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arriaga, Salina Cruz, El Espinal.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.5285° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.6322° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-13 09:46:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-13 10:09:36 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 298 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 2.389 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us2000aldd Id of event.
Event Code 2000aldd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000aldd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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