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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near San Francisco del Mar in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.5332S, -94.4373WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 80 kilometers (50 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico on Monday. Id of earthquake: us2000aqg7. Event ids that are associated: us2000aqg7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 46.8 km (29 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:23:26 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -94.4373° West, 15.5332° North, depth 46.8 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/09/17 / 2017-09-19 01:23:26 / September 19, 2017 @ 1:23 am.

Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Francisco Ixhuatan (c. 5 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Francisco Ixhuatan, Chahuite, Paredón (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.4373° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.5332° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80km SSE 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 2017-09-19 01:23:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-19 01:43:08 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 5.034 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 206 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 us2000aqg7 Id of event.
Event Code 2000aqg7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000aqg7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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