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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Puerto Madero in Mexico


Earthquake location 14.3066S, -92.826WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Wednesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:33:13 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.63 km (36 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -92.826° West, 14.3066° North, depth 58.63 km. Unique identifier: us20009mkl. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009mkl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/17 / 2017-06-15 04:33:13 / June 15, 2017 @ 4:33 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Huehuetán, Tapachula, Ciudad Tecún Umán (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Huehuetán (c. 7 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 63 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.826° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3066° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-15 04:33:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-29 02:53:59 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 271 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 1.117 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us20009mkl Id of event.
Event Code 20009mkl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20009mkl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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