Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Nueva Independencia in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Nueva Independencia in Mexico on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -92.5341 West, latitude 15.7093 North, depth = 162.39 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:06:05 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/03/21 / 2021-03-14 03:06:05 / March 14, 2021 @ 3:06 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 162.39 km (101 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000dj7g. Id of event: us7000dj7g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Teopisca, Concepción, Las Margaritas (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Las Margaritas (c. 103 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Comitán (c. 79 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Jacaltenango (c. 34 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Motozintla de Mendoza (c. 19 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Frontera Comalapa (c. 18 700 pop).

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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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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: 5 km NE of Nueva Independencia, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.5341° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.7093° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	162.39 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km NE of Nueva Independencia, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-03-14 03:06:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-03-14 03:24:01	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	284	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	0.685	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	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	us7000dj7g	Id of event.
Event Code	7000dj7g	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000dj7g,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-92.5341° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.7093° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

162.39 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5 km NE of Nueva Independencia, Mexico

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2021-03-14 03:06:05

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-03-14 03:24:01

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

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

284

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.685

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.81 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

131

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us7000dj7g

Id of event.

Event Code

7000dj7g

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us7000dj7g,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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