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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Asuncion Ixtaltepec in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.4861S, -95.0139WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Asuncion Ixtaltepec in Mexico on Thursday. Unique identifier: us1000bjfe. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bjfe. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:55:07 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.78 km (30 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/17 / 2017-11-30 17:55:07 / November 30, 2017 @ 5:55 pm. Exact location, longitude -95.0139° West, latitude 16.4861° North, depth = 47.78 km.

Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 6 km (3 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chahuite, San Pedro Tapanatepec, Santo Domingo Zanatepec (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km ESE of Asuncion Ixtaltepec, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -95.0139° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.4861° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km ESE of Asuncion Ixtaltepec, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-30 17:55:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-01 01:39:01 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 2.769 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 us1000bjfe Id of event.
Event Code 1000bjfe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bjfe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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