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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Puerto Ángel in Mexico

Posted by admin on June 23, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.6413S, -96.4447WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Puerto Ángel in Mexico. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:27:49 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ahgq. Id of event: us6000ahgq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.4447 West, latitude 15.6413 North, depth = 31.14 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.14 km (19 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/20 / 2020-06-23 21:27:49 / June 23, 2020 @ 9:27 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Santa María Xadani (c. 5 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Puerto Escondido, Brisas de Zicatela. Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km ESE of Puerto Ángel, 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 -96.4447° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.6413° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 31.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km ESE of Puerto Ángel, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-23 21:27:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-23 22:06:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 0 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 2.79 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 202 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 us6000ahgq Id of event.
Event Code 6000ahgq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ahgq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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