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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Placeres del Oro in Mexico

Posted by admin on July 12, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.0332S, -100.9954WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Placeres del Oro in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 65.26 km (41 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.9954 West, latitude 18.0332 North, depth = 65.26 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:33:22 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000am5f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000am5f. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/07/20 / 2020-07-12 03:33:22 / July 12, 2020 @ 3:33 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arcelia, Ixtapa, San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo) (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (c. 61 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ciudad Altamirano (c. 24 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Huetamo de Núñez (c. 21 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Petatlán (c. 21 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Arcelia (c. 16 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San José Ixtapa (Barrio Viejo) (c. 8 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km SSW of Placeres del Oro, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.9954° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0332° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km SSW of Placeres del Oro, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-12 03:33:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-12 04:50:42 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 1.619 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 204 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 us7000am5f Id of event.
Event Code 7000am5f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000am5f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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