Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 15 km W of Tres Picos, Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.6775 West, latitude 15.8684 North, depth = 93.54 km. The temblor was detected at 06:48:32 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.54 km (58 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/09/17 / 2017-09-13 12:48:32 / September 13, 2017 @ 12:48 pm. Unique identifier: us2000alfh. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000alfh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Jiquipilas (c. 9 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mapastepec, Cintalapa de Figueroa, Jiquipilas.

In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three 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. Every 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. 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: 15 km W of Tres Picos, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-93.6775° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.8684° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	93.54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15km W of Tres Picos, 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 12:48:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-14 05:00:56	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	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	1.537	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.72 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	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	us2000alfh	Id of event.
Event Code	2000alfh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000alfh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-93.6775° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.8684° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

93.54 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

15km W of Tres Picos, 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 12:48:32

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-09-14 05:00:56

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

312

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

1.537

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

Root Mean Square

0.72 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

131

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

us2000alfh

Id of event.

Event Code

2000alfh

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

Event IDS

,us2000alfh,

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

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