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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Tres Picos in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.2225S, -93.7686WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico on Friday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:49:10 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -93.7686° West, 15.2225° North, depth 64.46 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 01:49:10 / November 3, 2018 @ 1:49 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.46 km (40 miles). Unique identifier: us2000i6aa. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i6aa.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pijijiapan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 75 km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.7686° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.2225° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-03 01:49:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-03 02:11:15 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 1.891 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us2000i6aa Id of event.
Event Code 2000i6aa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000i6aa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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