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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Puerto Madero in Mexico

Posted by admin on October 1, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.4953S, -92.7285WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 22:56:19 / October 1, 2020 @ 10:56 pm. The temblor was reported at 22:56:19 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000c4dl. Event ids that are associated: us6000c4dl. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -92.7285° West, 14.4953° North.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coatepeque, El Tumbador, Flores Costa Cuca. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Malacatán (c. 14 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cacahoatán (c. 14 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Pablo (c. 13 700 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.7285° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4953° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-01 22:56:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-01 23:18:55 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 326 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 1.001 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 us6000c4dl Id of event.
Event Code 6000c4dl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c4dl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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