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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near San Francisco del Mar in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.74S, -94.5099WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.67 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 11:59:48 / 11:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.5099 West, latitude 15.74 North, depth = 35.67 km. Id of earthquake: us2000akyb. Event ids that are associated: us2000akyb. Global time and date of event 12/09/17 / 2017-09-12 17:59:48 / September 12, 2017 @ 5:59 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tonalá, Salina Cruz, Unión Hidalgo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty, in the last 10 days three hundred and thirteen, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 56 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.5099° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.74° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56km SSE 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 2017-09-12 17:59:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-09 16:06:50 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 259 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 1.243 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 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 us2000akyb Id of event.
Event Code 2000akyb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000akyb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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