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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Puerto Madero in Mexico

Posted by admin on October 9, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.2829S, -92.8902WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -92.8902° West, latitude 14.2829° North, depth = 31.8 km. Id of earthquake: us2000b2wu. Event ids that are associated: us2000b2wu. The temblor was reported at 18:07:54 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/17 / 2017-10-09 00:07:54 / October 9, 2017 @ 12:07 am. 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 31.8 km (20 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Vida Mejor I (c. 6 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Mazatán (c. 5 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciudad Tecún Umán, Vida Mejor I, Mazatán. Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 70 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.8902° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.2829° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-09 00:07:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-09 00:24:18 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 298 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 1.182 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 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 us2000b2wu Id of event.
Event Code 2000b2wu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000b2wu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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