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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Hidalgotitlan in Mexico


Earthquake location 17.4682S, -94.3951WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Hidalgotitlan in Mexico. 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: 30/08/16 / 2016-08-30 16:17:21 / August 30, 2016 @ 4:17 pm. Id of earthquake: us20006vds. Event ids that are associated: us20006vds. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 143.51 km (89 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:17:21 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -94.3951° West, 17.4682° North, depth 143.51 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colonia Rincón Viejo, Matías Romero, Tatahuicapan. The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop).

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 43 km SE of Hidalgotitlan, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.3951° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.4682° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 143.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43km SE of Hidalgotitlan, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-30 16:17:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-30 19:31:30 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 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 298 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 3.504 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us20006vds Id of event.
Event Code 20006vds An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20006vds, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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