Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Paredon in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Paredon in Mexico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b0q2. Id of event: us2000b0q2. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/10/17 / 2017-10-03 22:02:33 / October 3, 2017 @ 10:02 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.2 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:02:33 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -94.2992° West, latitude 15.6198° North, depth = 60.2 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Amilpas, El Espinal, San Pedro Tapanatepec (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Pedro Tapanatepec (c. 7 200 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 65 km SW of Paredon, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.2992° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.6198° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	60.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	65km SW of Paredon, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-10-03 22:02:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-10-03 22:18:25	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	271	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	2.713	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	208	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	us2000b0q2	Id of event.
Event Code	2000b0q2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000b0q2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.2992° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.6198° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

60.2 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

65km SW of Paredon, Mexico

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-10-03 22:02:33

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-10-03 22:18:25

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

271

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

2.713

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

Root Mean Square

0.95 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

208

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

us2000b0q2

Id of event.

Event Code

2000b0q2

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

Event IDS

,us2000b0q2,

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

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