Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Francisco I. Madero in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Francisco I. Madero in Mexico on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/10/20 / 2020-10-13 00:12:40 / October 13, 2020 @ 12:12 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85.72 km (53 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000c7w2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c7w2. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:12:40 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -92.5572° West, latitude 15.0729° North, depth = 85.72 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from San Marcos (c. 25 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Comitancillo (c. 19 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Angel Albino Corzo, Comitancillo, Flores Costa Cuca.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.5572° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.0729° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	85.72 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1 km WNW of Francisco I. 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	2020-10-13 00:12:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-13 00:29:16	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	0.996	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.61 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	159	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	us6000c7w2	Id of event.
Event Code	6000c7w2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000c7w2,	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

-92.5572° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.0729° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

85.72 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

1 km WNW of Francisco I. 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

2020-10-13 00:12:40

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-10-13 00:29:16

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

0.996

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

Root Mean Square

0.61 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

159

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

us6000c7w2

Id of event.

Event Code

6000c7w2

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

Event IDS

,us6000c7w2,

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

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