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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Puerto Madero in Mexico

Posted by admin on March 7, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.526S, -92.8051WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/03/21 / 2021-03-07 07:38:11 / March 7, 2021 @ 7:38 am. Unique identifier: us7000dgst. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000dgst. Exact location, longitude -92.8051° West, latitude 14.526° North, depth = 35 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:38:11 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Malacatán (c. 14 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Cacahoatán (c. 14 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from San Pablo (c. 13 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Champerico, San Pablo, Acacoyahua.

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

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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: 46 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.8051° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.526° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 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 2021-03-07 07:38:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-07 08:04:00 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 340 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 1.075 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 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 us7000dgst Id of event.
Event Code 7000dgst An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000dgst, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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