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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Union Hidalgo in Mexico

Posted by admin on October 7, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.7195S, -94.8319WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Union Hidalgo in Mexico. Id of earthquake: us2000b2ii. Event ids that are associated: us2000b2ii. Exact location of event, depth 58.84 km, -94.8319° West, 16.7195° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 58.84 km (37 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/10/17 / 2017-10-07 17:02:45 / October 7, 2017 @ 5:02 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:02:45 / 11:02 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Espinal, Chahuite, San Pedro Tapanatepec.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 27 km N of Union Hidalgo, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.8319° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.7195° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km N of Union Hidalgo, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-07 17:02:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-07 20:50:21 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 3.491 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 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 us2000b2ii Id of event.
Event Code 2000b2ii An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000b2ii, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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