Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Las Amilpas in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Las Amilpas in Mexico on Tuesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:18:36 / 7:18 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ch6d. Id of event: us1000ch6d. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.74 km (56 miles). Exact location of event, depth 90.74 km, -94.624° West, 16.4589° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/18 / 2018-01-30 13:18:36 / January 30, 2018 @ 1:18 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paredón, Jalapa, Arriaga. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.624° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.4589° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	90.74 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km N of Las Amilpas, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-01-30 13:18:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-02-13 18:28:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	272	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	0.676	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	121	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	us1000ch6d	Id of event.
Event Code	1000ch6d	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000ch6d,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.624° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.4589° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

90.74 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

10km N of Las Amilpas, Mexico

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

Time

2018-01-30 13:18:36

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-02-13 18:28:33

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

2.2

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

272

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

0.676

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

Root Mean Square

0.92 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

121

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

us1000ch6d

Id of event.

Event Code

1000ch6d

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

Event IDS

,us1000ch6d,

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

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