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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Arcelia in Mexico


Earthquake location 18.5206S, -100.2273WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Arcelia in Mexico on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.24 km (32 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.2273 West, latitude 18.5206 North, depth = 52.24 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/11/19 / 2019-11-27 13:14:34 / November 27, 2019 @ 1:14 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 07:14:34 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70006dr7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006dr7.

Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Iguala de la Independencia (c. 112 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Taxco de Alarcón (c. 53 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Valle de Bravo (c. 28 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tejupilco de Hidalgo (c. 25 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ciudad Altamirano (c. 24 500 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Huetamo de Núñez (c. 21 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Malinalco, San Pedro Zictepec, San Bartolomé Atlatlahuca (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 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: 26 km N of Arcelia, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.2273° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.5206° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km N of Arcelia, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-27 13:14:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-27 13:56:16 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 1.278 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 199 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70006dr7 Id of event.
Event Code 70006dr7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006dr7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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