Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Paredon in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Paredon in Mexico on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us2000ddb6. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ddb6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.22 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -94.1331° West, latitude 15.6016° North, depth = 59.22 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/03/18 / 2018-03-06 20:41:25 / March 6, 2018 @ 8:41 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:41:25 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 600 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Pedro Tapanatepec (c. 7 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Zanatepec, Las Amilpas, Pijijiapan (min 5000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.1331° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.6016° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.22 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	55km SSW of Paredon, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-03-06 20:41:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-03-06 21:00:51	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	2.7	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	355	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	4.743	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	141	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	us2000ddb6	Id of event.
Event Code	2000ddb6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000ddb6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.1331° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.6016° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

59.22 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

55km SSW of Paredon, Mexico

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

Time

2018-03-06 20:41:25

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-03-06 21:00:51

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

2.7

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

355

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

4.743

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

Root Mean Square

0.91 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

141

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

us2000ddb6

Id of event.

Event Code

2000ddb6

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

Event IDS

,us2000ddb6,

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

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