Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Paredon in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Paredon in Mexico on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -94.1419 West, latitude 15.463 North, depth = 44.17 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/17 / 2017-09-08 18:00:30 / September 8, 2017 @ 6:00 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000ai89. Event ids that are associated: us2000ai89. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:00:30 / 12:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.17 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 600 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from San Pedro Tapanatepec (c. 7 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pijijiapan, San Pedro Tapanatepec, El Espinal (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 69 km SSW of Paredon, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.1419° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.463° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	44.17 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	69km SSW of Paredon, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-08 18:00:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-08 18:27:01	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	369	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	2.542	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	138	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	us2000ai89	Id of event.
Event Code	2000ai89	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000ai89,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.1419° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.463° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

44.17 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

69km SSW of Paredon, Mexico

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

Time

2017-09-08 18:00:30

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-09-08 18:27:01

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

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

369

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

2.542

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

Root Mean Square

0.93 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

138

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

us2000ai89

Id of event.

Event Code

2000ai89

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

Event IDS

,us2000ai89,

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

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