Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near San Mateo del Mar in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from San Mateo del Mar in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.8089 West, latitude 15.6871 North, depth = 39.01 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 39.01 km (24 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:24:00 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000at7y. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000at7y. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/17 / 2017-10-17 09:24:00 / October 17, 2017 @ 9:24 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Asunción Ixtaltepec, El Espinal, Unión Hidalgo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico.

Asunción Ixtaltepec El Espinal Juchitán de Zaragoza Las Amilpas Mexico Salina Cruz San Mateo del Mar Santo Domingo Tehuantepec Unión Hidalgo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.8089° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.6871° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39.01 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60km SSE of San Mateo 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	2017-10-17 09:24:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-10-17 11:06:05	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	3.208	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	162	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	us1000at7y	Id of event.
Event Code	1000at7y	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000at7y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.8089° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.6871° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

39.01 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

60km SSE of San Mateo 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

2017-10-17 09:24:00

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-10-17 11:06:05

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

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

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

3.208

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.05 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

162

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000at7y

Id of event.

Event Code

1000at7y

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us1000at7y,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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