Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Salina Cruz in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Salina Cruz in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/02/20 / 2020-02-26 08:23:53 / February 26, 2020 @ 8:23 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:23:53 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -95.2189° West, 16.0434° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600089wy. Id of event: us600089wy.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). 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 Santa María Xadani, San Francisco Ixhuatan, Las Amilpas.

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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 13 km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-95.2189° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.0434° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-02-26 08:23:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-26 08:28:25	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	284	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	0.898	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	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	us600089wy	Id of event.
Event Code	600089wy	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us600089wy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-95.2189° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.0434° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

13km S of Salina Cruz, Mexico

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

Time

2020-02-26 08:23:53

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-03-26 08:28:25

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

284

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

0.898

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

Root Mean Square

1 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

134

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

us600089wy

Id of event.

Event Code

600089wy

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

Event IDS

,us600089wy,

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

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