Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Suchiate in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Suchiate in Mexico on Monday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:58:47 / 10:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.2 km (13 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100062k2. Id of event: us100062k2. Exact location of event, longitude -92.3961 West, latitude 14.4403 North, depth = 20.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/16 / 2016-07-04 15:58:47 / July 4, 2016 @ 3:58 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (33 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ostuncalco (c. 28 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Marcos (c. 25 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ostuncalco, San Francisco Zapotitlán, Tacaná (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km WSW of Suchiate, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.3961° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.4403° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km WSW of Suchiate, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-07-04 15:58:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-02 20:00:37	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	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	0.684	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.76 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	194	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	us100062k2	Id of event.
Event Code	100062k2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100062k2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-92.3961° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

14.4403° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

20.2 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

22km WSW of Suchiate, Mexico

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

Time

2016-07-04 15:58:47

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-08-02 20:00:37

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-300

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

312

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

0.684

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

Root Mean Square

0.76 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

194

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

us100062k2

Id of event.

Event Code

100062k2

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

Event IDS

,us100062k2,

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

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