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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Santa María Zapotitlán in Mexico

Posted by admin on December 15, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.0854S, -95.9076WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Santa María Zapotitlán in Mexico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/20 / 2020-11-16 20:58:21 / November 16, 2020 @ 8:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.79 km (24 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000cmr2. Event ids that are associated: us7000cmr2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:58:21 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -95.9076 West, latitude 16.0854 North, depth = 38.79 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Jalapa (c. 8 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Salina Cruz, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 7 km SW of Santa María Zapotitlán, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -95.9076° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.0854° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SW of Santa María Zapotitlán, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-11-16 20:58:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-15 22:46:57 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 0.369 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us7000cmr2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000cmr2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cmr2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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