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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Texistepec in Mexico


Earthquake location 17.8435S, -94.7241WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Texistepec in Mexico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ay3c. Id of event: us1000ay3c. Exact location of event, longitude -94.7241 West, latitude 17.8435 North, depth = 132.61 km. The temblor was detected at 12:31:53 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 132.61 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/10/17 / 2017-10-28 18:31:53 / October 28, 2017 @ 6:31 pm.

The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Andres Tuxtla (c. 55 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santiago Tuxtla, San Andres Tuxtla, Villa la Venta (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SE of Texistepec, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.7241° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8435° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 132.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km SE of Texistepec, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-28 18:31:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-28 19:47:52 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 326 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 3.98 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us1000ay3c Id of event.
Event Code 1000ay3c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ay3c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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