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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Tres Picos in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.5237S, -93.7803WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 10:43:18 / 10:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 75.27 km, -93.7803° West, 15.5237° North. 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: 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 16:43:18 / July 31, 2016 @ 4:43 pm. Event id: us10006bq2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006bq2. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75.27 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Corzo, Arriaga, Pijijiapan (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 46 km SW of Tres Picos, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.7803° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.5237° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km SW 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 2016-07-31 16:43:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-23 21:23:27 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 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 0.57 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 us10006bq2 Id of event.
Event Code 10006bq2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006bq2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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