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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near San Vicente in Mexico

Posted by admin on August 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.4091S, -115.726WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from San Vicente in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 15:31:39 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.726 West, latitude 31.4091 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ci39347695, us6000bg04. Unique identifier: us6000bg04. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/20 / 2020-08-17 15:31:39 / August 17, 2020 @ 3:31 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Quintín, San Felipe, Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada. Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 12 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Camalú (c. 7 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Emiliano Zapata (c. 5 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from San Quintín (c. 5 400 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-six 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. 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: 50 km E of San Vicente, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.726° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.4091° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50 km E of San Vicente, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-17 15:31:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-17 17:02:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1004 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.01 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 742 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 ,ci,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 0.623 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 228 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 us6000bg04 Id of event.
Event Code 6000bg04 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39347695,us6000bg04, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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