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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Puerto Madero in Mexico

Posted by admin on September 14, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.3979S, -93.0511WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us2000am5i. Event ids that are associated: us2000am5i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.13 km (35 miles). Global time and date of event 14/09/17 / 2017-09-14 05:20:28 / September 14, 2017 @ 5:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 56.13 km, -93.0511° West, 14.3979° North. The temblor was reported at 23:20:28 / 11:20 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mazatán, Puerto Madero. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.0511° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3979° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-14 05:20:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-14 05:59:28 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 259 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 2.07 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us2000am5i Id of event.
Event Code 2000am5i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000am5i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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