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


Earthquake location 14.3873S, -92.8588WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Thursday. Unique identifier: us7000cmqr. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cmqr. The temblor was reported at 22:54:27 / 10:54 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/11/20 / 2020-11-05 22:54:27 / November 5, 2020 @ 10:54 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.8588 West, latitude 14.3873 North, depth = 18.82 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.82 km (12 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Comaltitlán, Tuxtla Chico, Pajapita (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (54 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Pajapita (c. 8 200 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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 59 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.8588° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3873° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 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 2020-11-05 22:54:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-05 05:54:07 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 0.773 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 190 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 us7000cmqr Id of event.
Event Code 7000cmqr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cmqr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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