Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Patambó in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Patambó in Mexico. The temblor was detected at 04:13:04 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000an5l. Id of event: us7000an5l. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/20 / 2020-07-14 04:13:04 / July 14, 2020 @ 4:13 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.8217 West, latitude 17.9189 North, depth = 35 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo (c. 61 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ciudad Altamirano (c. 24 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Huetamo de Núñez (c. 21 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Atoyac de Álvarez (c. 21 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Petatlán (c. 21 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arcelia (c. 16 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ixtapa, Tlacotepec, Atoyac de Álvarez. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 34 km S of Patambó, Mexico.

Arcelia Atoyac de Alvarez Ciudad Altamirano Huetamo de Núñez Ixtapa Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Mexico Patambó Petatlan Tlacotepec

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-100.8217° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.9189° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34 km S of Patambó, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-07-14 04:13:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-07-14 04:21:35	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	284	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	1.761	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.68 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	226	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	us7000an5l	Id of event.
Event Code	7000an5l	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000an5l,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-100.8217° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.9189° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

35 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

34 km S of Patambó, Mexico

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-07-14 04:13:04

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-07-14 04:21:35

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

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

284

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.761

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.68 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

226

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us7000an5l

Id of event.

Event Code

7000an5l

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us7000an5l,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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