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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 9 km N of Helio García Alfaro, Mexico


Earthquake location 17.3473S, -94.2971WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Helio García Alfaro in Mexico on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us6000b5pj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000b5pj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 145.88 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:29:48 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 22:29:48 / July 28, 2020 @ 10:29 pm. Exact location, longitude -94.2971° West, latitude 17.3473° North, depth = 145.88 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colonia Rincón Viejo, Matías Romero, Acayucan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop). 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 9 km N of Helio García Alfaro, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.2971° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.3473° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 145.88 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km N of Helio García Alfaro, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-28 22:29:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-28 22:52:32 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 298 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 3.357 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us6000b5pj Id of event.
Event Code 6000b5pj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b5pj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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