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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Santa Catarina Mechoacan in Mexico

Posted by admin on February 17, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.5124S, -97.6644WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Santa Catarina Mechoacan in Mexico. Global time and date of event 17/02/18 / 2018-02-17 14:07:35 / February 17, 2018 @ 2:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -97.6644 West, latitude 16.5124 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000d3ut. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d3ut. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:07:35 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 14 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Putla Villa de Guerrero (c. 9 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ayoquezco de Aldama, Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco, Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 26 km NE of Santa Catarina Mechoacan, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.6644° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.5124° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km NE of Santa Catarina Mechoacan, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-17 14:07:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-17 14:51:29 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 1.354 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 us2000d3ut Id of event.
Event Code 2000d3ut An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d3ut, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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