Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Palomares in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Palomares in Mexico. Exact location, longitude -94.7987° West, latitude 17.2239° North, depth = 123.24 km. Unique identifier: us70005ngc. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005ngc. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 10:45:45 / September 29, 2019 @ 10:45 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.24 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:45:45 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Zanatepec, Juchitán de Zaragoza, Minatitlan. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Cosoleacaque (c. 20 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 29 km ENE of Palomares, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.7987° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.2239° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	123.24 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	29km ENE of Palomares, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-09-29 10:45:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-09-29 11:05:40	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	312	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	2.716	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	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	us70005ngc	Id of event.
Event Code	70005ngc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70005ngc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.7987° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.2239° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

123.24 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

29km ENE of Palomares, Mexico

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

Time

2019-09-29 10:45:45

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-09-29 11:05:40

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

312

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

2.716

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

Root Mean Square

1.1 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

125

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

us70005ngc

Id of event.

Event Code

70005ngc

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

Event IDS

,us70005ngc,

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

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