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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Puerto Madero in Mexico

Posted by admin on February 5, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.4098S, -92.646WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Id of earthquake: us1000cfw5. Event ids that are associated: us1000cfw5. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/18 / 2018-02-05 06:09:00 / February 5, 2018 @ 6:09 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -92.646 West, latitude 14.4098 North, depth = 64.19 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 64.19 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 00:09:00 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Malacatán (c. 14 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Cacahoatán (c. 14 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pablo, Coatepeque, Villa Comaltitlán (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.646° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4098° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.19 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-05 06:09:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-05 15:21:28 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 1.925 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 us1000cfw5 Id of event.
Event Code 1000cfw5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000cfw5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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