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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Bajos de Chila in Mexico

Posted by admin on January 19, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.9086S, -97.2682WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Bajos de Chila in Mexico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d1d2. Id of event: us7000d1d2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.23 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5.23 km, -97.2682° West, 15.9086° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/01/21 / 2021-01-19 12:12:14 / January 19, 2021 @ 12:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:12:14 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from San Miguel Panixtlahuaca (c. 5 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro Pochutla, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Santiago Jamiltepec (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km W of Bajos de Chila, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.2682° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.9086° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km W of Bajos de Chila, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-19 12:12:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-19 12:47:42 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 259 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 2.062 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 220 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 us7000d1d2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000d1d2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d1d2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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