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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Puerto Madero in Mexico

Posted by admin on January 4, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.4995S, -92.8451WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Id of earthquake: us6000d5cv. Event ids that are associated: us6000d5cv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:40:23 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -92.8451° West, 14.4995° North, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/21 / 2021-01-04 03:40:23 / January 4, 2021 @ 3:40 am.

Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Acapeteahua, Tuxtla Chico, Villa Comaltitlán (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.8451° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4995° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km WSW 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 2021-01-04 03:40:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-04 03:54:18 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 246 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 1.114 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 216 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 us6000d5cv Id of event.
Event Code 6000d5cv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d5cv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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