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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Pinotepa de Don Luis in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.5728S, -97.9419WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Pinotepa de Don Luis in Mexico on Saturday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:22:05 / 8:22 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.28 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006yeh. Id of event: us70006yeh. Global time and date of event 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 14:22:05 / January 11, 2020 @ 2:22 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 26.28 km, -97.9419° West, 16.5728° North.

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marquelia, San Luis Acatlán, Santiago Juxtlahuaca. The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 14 600 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Putla Villa de Guerrero (c. 9 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eighteen 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km N of Pinotepa de Don Luis, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.9419° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.5728° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km N of Pinotepa de Don Luis, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-11 14:22:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-11 14:41:53 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 1.151 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 212 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 us70006yeh Id of event.
Event Code 70006yeh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006yeh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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