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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near San Francisco del Mar in Mexico

Posted by admin on October 4, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.2169S, -94.5959WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 112 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico (70 miles) on Sunday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:23:11 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/17 / 2017-09-17 14:23:11 / September 17, 2017 @ 2:23 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000aza1. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000aza1. Exact location of earthquake, -94.5959° West, 15.2169° North, depth 35 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 112 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.5959° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.2169° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112km S 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 2017-09-17 14:23:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-04 16:38:28 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 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 1.413 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 166 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 us2000aza1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000aza1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000aza1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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