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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Mazatan in Mexico


Earthquake location 14.8525S, -92.541WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Mazatan in Mexico on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.541 West, latitude 14.8525 North, depth = 86.33 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034ae. Id of event: us100034ae. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:19:49 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 06:19:49 / August 23, 2015 @ 6:19 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.33 km (54 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Marcos (c. 25 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Colomba (c. 19 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Asintal, Champerico, Colomba. Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-two 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km W of Mazatan, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.541° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.8525° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km W of Mazatan, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-23 06:19:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-23 07:00:50 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 0.881 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 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 us100034ae Id of event.
Event Code 100034ae An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100034ae, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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