Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Chicomuselo in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Chicomuselo in Mexico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 16:15:34 / February 5, 2019 @ 4:15 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.3549 West, latitude 15.6652 North, depth = 168.46 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 168.46 km (105 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:15:34 / 10:15 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000jdnt. Event ids that are associated: us2000jdnt.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Huehuetenango, Chiantla, Huitán. The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Las Margaritas (c. 103 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Comitán (c. 79 900 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Jacaltenango (c. 34 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen 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.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.3549° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.6652° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	168.46 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14km SW of Chicomuselo, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-02-05 16:15:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-02-05 16:35:55	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	369	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	0.648	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.03 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	128	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	us2000jdnt	Id of event.
Event Code	2000jdnt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000jdnt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-92.3549° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.6652° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

168.46 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

14km SW of Chicomuselo, Mexico

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

Time

2019-02-05 16:15:34

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-02-05 16:35:55

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

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

369

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

0.648

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

Root Mean Square

1.03 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

128

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

us2000jdnt

Id of event.

Event Code

2000jdnt

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

Event IDS

,us2000jdnt,

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

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