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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 13 km ESE of Tres Picos, Mexico


Earthquake location 15.827S, -93.413WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (mg/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 18:27:16 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 111.1 km (69 miles). Global time of event 28/04/15 / 2015-04-28 23:27:16 / April 28, 2015 @ 11:27 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -93.413 West, latitude 15.827 North, depth 111.1 km, unique identifier, us20002d5b.

Close countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Angel Albino Corzo (c. 8 900 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Angel Albino Corzo, Nueva Palestina, Mapastepec.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.413° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.827° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km ESE of Tres Picos, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-04-28 23:27:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-07 03:37:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 us20002d5b Id of event.
Event Code 20002d5b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002d5b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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