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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near El Palmarcito in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.5335S, -93.3614WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from El Palmarcito in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/03/21 / 2021-03-01 01:15:09 / March 1, 2021 @ 1:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 87.42 km, -93.3614° West, 15.5335° North. Unique identifier: us7000deg2. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000deg2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 87.42 km (54 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 01:15:09 / 1:15 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Angel Albino Corzo (c. 8 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Comaltitlán, Escuintla, Paredón (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km WNW of El Palmarcito, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.3614° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.5335° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 87.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km WNW of El Palmarcito, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-03-01 01:15:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-01 01:23:51 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 1.393 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 us7000deg2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000deg2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000deg2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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