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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 13 km SSW of Marquelia, Mexico


Earthquake location 16.4726S, -98.8738WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Marquelia in Mexico on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -98.8738° West, 16.4726° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000c223. Unique identifier: us1000c223. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/18 / 2018-01-08 17:01:01 / January 8, 2018 @ 5:01 pm. The temblor was picked up at 11:01:01 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Marcos (c. 12 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Malinaltepec, San Marcos (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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: 13 km SSW of Marquelia, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.8738° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.4726° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km SSW of Marquelia, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-08 17:01:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-08 17:22:07 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 259 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 1.123 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 225 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 us1000c223 Id of event.
Event Code 1000c223 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000c223, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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