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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Suchiapa in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.4143S, -93.074WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Suchiapa in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -93.074 West, latitude 16.4143 North, depth = 167.93 km. The temblor was detected at 09:21:45 / 9:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 15:21:45 / June 24, 2018 @ 3:21 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 167.93 km (104 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000frbm. Unique identifier: us2000frbm.

Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Cristóbal de las Casas (c. 129 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chanal, Arriaga, Rincón Chamula (min 5000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km S of Suchiapa, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.074° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.4143° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 167.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km S of Suchiapa, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-24 15:21:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-01 20:03:09 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 0.909 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 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 us2000frbm Id of event.
Event Code 2000frbm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000frbm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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