Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Villa Comaltitlan in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Villa Comaltitlan in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60003tl3. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003tl3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.5804 West, latitude 15.1404 North, depth = 112.1 km. The temblor was detected at 07:49:15 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.1 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/05/19 / 2019-05-29 13:49:15 / May 29, 2019 @ 1:49 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Marcos (c. 25 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Comitancillo (c. 19 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Motozintla de Mendoza (c. 19 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Flores Costa Cuca, Comitancillo, El Quetzal.

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 four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km S of Villa Comaltitlan, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.5804° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.1404° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	112.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km S of Villa Comaltitlan, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-05-29 13:49:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-05-29 14:15:26	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	326	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	1.052	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	152	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	us60003tl3	Id of event.
Event Code	60003tl3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60003tl3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-92.5804° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.1404° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

112.1 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

8km S of Villa Comaltitlan, Mexico

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

Time

2019-05-29 13:49:15

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-05-29 14:15:26

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

326

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

1.052

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

Root Mean Square

0.81 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

152

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

us60003tl3

Id of event.

Event Code

60003tl3

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

Event IDS

,us60003tl3,

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

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