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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Huajuapan de Leon in Mexico

Posted by admin on August 16, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.8914S, -97.7322WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Huajuapan de Leon in Mexico. Global time and date of event 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 16:15:59 / August 16, 2018 @ 4:15 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 188.95 km (117 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000gakz. Unique identifier: us1000gakz. The temblor was detected at 10:15:59 / 10:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.7322 West, latitude 17.8914 North, depth = 188.95 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Tehuacán (c. 241 400 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Ciudad de Huajuapam de León (c. 47 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ajalpan (c. 24 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Altepexi (c. 16 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Acatlán de Osorio (c. 16 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Gabriel Casa Blanca (c. 14 900 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel Zozutla, Tetzoyocan, Huamuxtitlán (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 10 km NNE of Huajuapan de Leon, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.7322° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.8914° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 188.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km NNE of Huajuapan de Leon, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-16 16:15:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-16 16:41:41 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 312 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 3.794 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 199 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 us1000gakz Id of event.
Event Code 1000gakz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gakz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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