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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Francisco I. Madero in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 29, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.8222S, -93.6876WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Francisco I. Madero in Mexico on Friday. Global time and date of event 29/05/20 / 2020-05-29 04:28:46 / May 29, 2020 @ 4:28 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 149.76 km (93 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -93.6876° West, 16.8222° North, depth 149.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:28:46 / 4:28 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000a1hr. Event ids that are associated: us6000a1hr.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pueblo Nuevo Jolistahuacan, Rincón Chamula, Paredón. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 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: 7 km ENE of Francisco I. Madero, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.6876° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.8222° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 149.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km ENE of Francisco I. Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-29 04:28:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-29 04:47:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 1.581 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us6000a1hr Id of event.
Event Code 6000a1hr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a1hr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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