Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Palomares in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Palomares in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/17 / 2017-11-13 12:00:59 / November 13, 2017 @ 12:00 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 118.78 km (74 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:00:59 / 6:00 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bmkr. Id of event: us2000bmkr. Exact location of event, longitude -94.5744 West, latitude 17.0777 North, depth = 118.78 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro Tapanatepec, Juchitán de Zaragoza, El Espinal. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Colonia Rincón Viejo (c. 8 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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: 52 km E of Palomares, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Colonia Rincón Viejo El Espinal Juchitán de Zaragoza Las Amilpas Matías Romero Mexico Palomares San Jerónimo Ixtepec San Pedro Tapanatepec Unión Hidalgo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.5744° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.0777° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	118.78 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	52km E of Palomares, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-11-13 12:00:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-28 08:38:58	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	2.466	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	219	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	us2000bmkr	Id of event.
Event Code	2000bmkr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000bmkr,	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

-94.5744° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.0777° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

118.78 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

52km E of Palomares, Mexico

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-11-13 12:00:59

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-11-28 08:38:58

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

2.466

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

Root Mean Square

1.1 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

219

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

us2000bmkr

Id of event.

Event Code

2000bmkr

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

Event IDS

,us2000bmkr,

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

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