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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Paredon in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.1947S, -94.4368WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 111 km SSW of Paredon, Mexico (69 miles). Event id: us2000ayad. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ayad. The temblor was picked up at 00:37:07 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/17 / 2017-09-09 06:37:07 / September 9, 2017 @ 6:37 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.18 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). Exact location of event, depth 59.18 km, -94.4368° West, 15.1947° North.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and sixty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and ninety-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 111 km SSW of Paredon, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.4368° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.1947° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 111km SSW 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 2017-09-09 06:37:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-07 05:09:06 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 1.279 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us2000ayad Id of event.
Event Code 2000ayad An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ayad, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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