Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Salina Cruz in Mexico

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Salina Cruz in Mexico. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:49:39 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000aq4m. Event ids that are associated: us2000aq4m. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.99 km (34 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/17 / 2017-09-18 17:49:39 / September 18, 2017 @ 5:49 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -95.2066 West, latitude 15.6332 North, depth = 53.99 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juchitán de Zaragoza, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, San Mateo del Mar (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days eighty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-95.2066° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.6332° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	53.99 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	59km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-18 17:49:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-21 17:20:21	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	3.022	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.84 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	200	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	us2000aq4m	Id of event.
Event Code	2000aq4m	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000aq4m,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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