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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Acala in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 24, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.5018S, -92.8564WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Acala in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/04/20 / 2020-04-29 09:41:33 / April 29, 2020 @ 9:41 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009afu. Id of event: us70009afu. The temblor was reported at 03:41:33 / 3:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.8564 West, latitude 16.5018 North, depth = 217.32 km. 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 217.32 km (135 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from San Cristóbal de las Casas (c. 129 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Comitán (c. 79 900 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ocosingo (c. 28 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Petalcingo, Yajalón, Ocosingo (min 5000 pop).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km SW of Acala, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.8564° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.5018° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 217.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km SW of Acala, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-29 09:41:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-24 12:48:20 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 0.724 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us70009afu Id of event.
Event Code 70009afu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009afu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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