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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near San Jeronimo de Juarez in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.8236S, -100.5891WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from San Jeronimo de Juarez in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 01:33:56 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.51 km (12 miles). Unique identifier: us60006bf1. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006bf1. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/11/19 / 2019-11-14 08:33:56 / November 14, 2019 @ 8:33 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -100.5891° West, latitude 16.8236° North, depth = 19.51 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kilómetro 30, Acapulco de Juárez, Bajos del Ejido (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (46 miles) from Acapulco de Juárez (c. 652 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Atoyac de Álvarez (c. 21 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana (c. 14 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Coyuca de Benítez (c. 12 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Jerónimo de Juárez (c. 7 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from El Súchil (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km SSW of San Jeronimo de Juarez, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.5891° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.8236° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km SSW of San Jeronimo de Juarez, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-14 08:33:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-14 09:04:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 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 259 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 2.068 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 us60006bf1 Id of event.
Event Code 60006bf1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006bf1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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