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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near El Carrizal in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.3759S, -95.1248WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from El Carrizal in Mexico on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.16 km (11 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:01:03 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000a401. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a401. Exact location of event, longitude -95.1248 West, latitude 15.3759 North, depth = 17.16 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/20 / 2020-05-27 04:01:03 / May 27, 2020 @ 4:01 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salina Cruz (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -95.1248° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.3759° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km SSE of El Carrizal, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-27 04:01:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-01 22:51:52 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 259 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 1.024 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 193 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 us6000a401 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a401 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a401, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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