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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near San Francisco del Mar in Mexico

Posted by admin on March 27, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.9951S, -94.6132WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 137 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico (85 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.47 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -94.6132° West, 14.9951° North, depth 29.47 km. Id of earthquake: us20005cqq. Event ids that are associated: us20005cqq. The temblor was picked up at 09:48:27 / 9:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/03/16 / 2016-03-27 15:48:27 / March 27, 2016 @ 3:48 pm UTC/GMT.

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-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 137 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.6132° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.9951° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 137km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-03-27 15:48:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-27 16:07:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 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 369 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 2.707 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us20005cqq Id of event.
Event Code 20005cqq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005cqq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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