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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Mazatan in Mexico

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Mazatan in Mexico on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/19 / 2019-11-09 17:26:13 / November 9, 2019 @ 5:26 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.14 km (34 miles). Exact location, longitude -93.0287° West, latitude 14.7622° North, depth = 55.14 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:26:13 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us600069rb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600069rb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tapachula, Vida Mejor I, Mapastepec (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Villa Comaltitlán (c. 7 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 63 km W of Mazatan, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-93.0287° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.7622° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	55.14 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	63km W of Mazatan, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-11-09 17:26:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-11-09 21:01:33	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	246	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	1.312	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	194	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	us600069rb	Id of event.
Event Code	600069rb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us600069rb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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