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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near San Mateo del Mar in Mexico

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Earthquake location 15.7525S, -94.917WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from San Mateo del Mar in Mexico on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -94.917 West, latitude 15.7525 North, depth = 39.77 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/01/21 / 2021-01-28 01:41:49 / January 28, 2021 @ 1:41 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.77 km (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:41:49 / 1:41 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000dexr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dexr.

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Asunción Ixtaltepec, El Espinal, San Francisco Ixhuatan (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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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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: 51 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.917° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.7525° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-28 01:41:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-08 02:48:48 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 1.147 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 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 us6000dexr Id of event.
Event Code 6000dexr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dexr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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