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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Villa Comaltitlan in Mexico

Posted by admin on April 5, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.0441S, -92.6411WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Villa Comaltitlan in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/03/20 / 2020-03-23 22:32:43 / March 23, 2020 @ 10:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 92.97 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -92.6411 West, latitude 15.0441 North, depth = 92.97 km. The temblor was detected at 16:32:43 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70008n5r. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008n5r.

Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Marcos (c. 25 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Motozintla de Mendoza (c. 19 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Frontera Comalapa (c. 18 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Angel Albino Corzo, Coatepeque, San Marcos (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 20 km SSW of Villa Comaltitlan, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.6411° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.0441° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 92.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km SSW of Villa Comaltitlan, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-23 22:32:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-05 23:36:30 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 271 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 0.387 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 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 us70008n5r Id of event.
Event Code 70008n5r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008n5r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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