Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near El Coacoyul in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from El Coacoyul in Mexico on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/19 / 2019-12-09 22:14:13 / December 9, 2019 @ 10:14 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -101.2034° West, 17.9115° North. The temblor was reported at 16:14:13 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60006pl3. Unique identifier: us60006pl3.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cutzamala de Pinzón, Huetamo de Núñez, Ajuchitlán del Progreso (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (c. 61 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ciudad Altamirano (c. 24 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Huetamo de Núñez (c. 21 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Petatlán (c. 21 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo) (c. 8 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tlapehuala (c. 8 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Coyuca de Catalán (c. 7 000 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 two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 40 km NE of El Coacoyul, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-101.2034° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.9115° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	40km NE of El Coacoyul, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-12-09 22:14:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-09 23:01:45	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	1.726	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.01 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	154	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	us60006pl3	Id of event.
Event Code	60006pl3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60006pl3,	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

-101.2034° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.9115° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

35 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

40km NE of El Coacoyul, Mexico

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

Time

2019-12-09 22:14:13

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-12-09 23:01:45

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

1.726

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

Root Mean Square

1.01 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

154

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

us60006pl3

Id of event.

Event Code

60006pl3

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

Event IDS

,us60006pl3,

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

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