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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Santiago Jamiltepec in Mexico

Posted by admin on March 5, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.7646S, -97.8159WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.8159 West, latitude 15.7646 North, depth = 19.46 km. Id of earthquake: us2000dalb. Event ids that are associated: us2000dalb. The temblor was picked up at 08:05:48 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). 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 19.46 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 15:05:48 / February 20, 2018 @ 3:05 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Brisas de Zicatela, Puerto Escondido, Santa Catarina Juquila (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Miguel Panixtlahuaca (c. 5 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Pinotepa de Don Luis (c. 5 500 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km S of Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.8159° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.7646° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57km S of Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-20 15:05:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-05 21:09:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 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 298 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 0.683 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 us2000dalb Id of event.
Event Code 2000dalb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000dalb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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