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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Zihuatanejo in Mexico

Posted by admin on February 14, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.4301S, -101.59WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Zihuatanejo in Mexico on Monday. The temblor was reported at 11:41:51 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000ch5k. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ch5k. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -101.59 West, latitude 17.4301 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/01/18 / 2018-01-29 17:41:51 / January 29, 2018 @ 5:41 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas (c. 84 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (c. 61 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Petatlán (c. 21 000 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo) (c. 8 700 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from San Jeronimito (c. 6 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from El Coacoyul (c. 5 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Petatlán, San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 22 km S of Zihuatanejo, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -101.59° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.4301° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km S of Zihuatanejo, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-29 17:41:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-14 00:01:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 261 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 1.32 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 189 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 us1000ch5k Id of event.
Event Code 1000ch5k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ch5k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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