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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Puerto Madero in Mexico

Posted by admin on March 5, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.3631S, -92.9988WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.9988 West, latitude 14.3631 North, depth = 24.14 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:58:22 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000jaur. Event ids that are associated: us1000jaur. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.14 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/03/19 / 2019-03-05 15:58:22 / March 5, 2019 @ 3:58 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 100 km (62 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Huehuetán (c. 7 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Vida Mejor I (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tapachula, Ciudad Tecún Umán, Huehuetán (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 73 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.9988° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3631° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-05 15:58:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-05 16:20:18 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 1.273 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us1000jaur Id of event.
Event Code 1000jaur An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jaur, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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