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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near offshore Chiapas, Mexico

Posted by admin on April 11, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.2379S, -92.7486WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, offshore Chiapas, Mexico kilometers (0 miles) from offshore Chiapas, Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 11/04/18 / 2018-04-11 23:25:46 / April 11, 2018 @ 11:25 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:25:46 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000dyhi. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000dyhi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -92.7486° West, 14.2379° North, depth 35 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tapachula, Champerico, Vida Mejor I. The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: offshore Chiapas, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.7486° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.2379° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place offshore Chiapas, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-11 23:25:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-11 23:44:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 271 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 1.614 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 185 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 us2000dyhi Id of event.
Event Code 2000dyhi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000dyhi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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