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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near La Barra de Colotepec in Mexico

Posted by admin on June 5, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.7428S, -97.0305WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from La Barra de Colotepec in Mexico. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -97.0305° West, 15.7428° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000a6a4. Event ids that are associated: us6000a6a4. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/06/20 / 2020-06-05 01:46:18 / June 5, 2020 @ 1:46 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:46:18 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Santa María Huatulco, San Miguel Panixtlahuaca. Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Miguel Panixtlahuaca (c. 5 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Santa María Huatulco (c. 5 500 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 one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km S of La Barra de Colotepec, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.0305° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.7428° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km S of La Barra de Colotepec, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-05 01:46:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-05 02:29:00 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 2.333 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 242 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 us6000a6a4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000a6a4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a6a4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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