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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Cuajinicuilapa in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.7428S, -98.5369WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa in Mexico. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:13:21 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.5369 West, latitude 15.7428 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/09/17 / 2017-09-16 16:13:21 / September 16, 2017 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ap51. Id of event: us2000ap51. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 81 km S of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.5369° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.7428° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km S of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-16 16:13:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-15 20:00:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 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 1.36 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 us2000ap51 Id of event.
Event Code 2000ap51 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ap51, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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