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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 17 km NNE of Santa Maria Xadani, Mexico

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Earthquake location 16.0889S, -96.0201WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Santa Maria Xadani in Mexico on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/04/20 / 2020-04-01 12:39:57 / April 1, 2020 @ 12:39 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -96.0201° West, 16.0889° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70008kdh. Event ids that are associated: us70008kdh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:39:57 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Jalapa (c. 8 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ejutla de Crespo, San Dionisio Ocotepec, Salina Cruz (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 three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 17 km NNE of Santa Maria Xadani, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.0201° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.0889° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km NNE of Santa Maria Xadani, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-01 12:39:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-01 13:07:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 272 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 2.845 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 191 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 us70008kdh Id of event.
Event Code 70008kdh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008kdh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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