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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 26 km WNW of Huatulco, Mexico

Posted by admin on November 24, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.974S, -96.5342WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Huatulco in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/11/19 / 2019-11-24 02:33:11 / November 24, 2019 @ 2:33 am. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -96.5342° West, 15.974° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:33:11 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70006cc9. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006cc9.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from San Pablo Huixtepec (c. 8 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ejutla de Crespo (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pablo Huixtepec, San Miguel Panixtlahuaca, San Dionisio Ocotepec. Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km WNW of Huatulco, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.5342° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.974° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km WNW of Huatulco, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-24 02:33:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-24 04:55:11 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 340 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 2.507 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 us70006cc9 Id of event.
Event Code 70006cc9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006cc9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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