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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near San Gabriel Casa Blanca in Mexico

Posted by admin on July 24, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.0638S, -97.2043WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from San Gabriel Casa Blanca in Mexico on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 69.67 km, -97.2043° West, 18.0638° North. Unique identifier: us20006h9q. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006h9q. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 15:20:38 / July 24, 2016 @ 3:20 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 69.67 km (43 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:20:38 / 10:20 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Tehuacán (c. 241 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Córdoba (c. 134 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Orizaba (c. 121 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Ciudad de Huajuapam de León (c. 47 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Río Blanco (c. 39 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ciudad Mendoza (c. 35 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Ajalpan (c. 24 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fortín de las Flores, Córdoba, Yanga (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 12 km SW of San Gabriel Casa Blanca, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.2043° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0638° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km SW of San Gabriel Casa Blanca, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-24 15:20:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-24 18:54:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 312 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 7.094 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us20006h9q Id of event.
Event Code 20006h9q An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006h9q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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