Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Jesus Carranza in Mexico

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Jesus Carranza in Mexico on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 107.66 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:01:33 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -94.9 West, latitude 17.5755 North, depth = 107.66 km. Global time and date of event 25/03/19 / 2019-03-25 12:01:33 / March 25, 2019 @ 12:01 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jl8k. Unique identifier: us1000jl8k.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Allende, Pajapan, Matías Romero (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Allende (c. 21 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 21 km NE of Jesus Carranza, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.9° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.5755° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	107.66 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21km NE of Jesus Carranza, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-03-25 12:01:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-03-29 07:20:48	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	271	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	2.941	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.87 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	146	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	us1000jl8k	Id of event.
Event Code	1000jl8k	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000jl8k,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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