Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near San Francisco del Mar in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000aq4j. Unique identifier: us1000aq4j. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.55 km (34 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:01:09 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.4999 West, latitude 15.7067 North, depth = 54.55 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 11/10/17 / 2017-10-11 11:01:09 / October 11, 2017 @ 11:01 am UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Unión Hidalgo, Salina Cruz, Tonalá. Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.4999° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.7067° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	54.55 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60km 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	2017-10-11 11:01:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-02 08:36:34	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	284	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	2.915	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	171	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	us1000aq4j	Id of event.
Event Code	1000aq4j	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000aq4j,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.4999° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.7067° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

54.55 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

60km 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

2017-10-11 11:01:09

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-11-02 08:36:34

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

284

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

2.915

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

Root Mean Square

0.79 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

171

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

us1000aq4j

Id of event.

Event Code

1000aq4j

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

Event IDS

,us1000aq4j,

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

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