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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near San Francisco del Mar in Mexico

Posted by admin on September 12, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.8446S, -94.4828WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 46 kilometers (29 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/09/17 / 2017-09-11 22:40:20 / September 11, 2017 @ 10:40 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.27 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:40:20 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000akfs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000akfs. Exact location, longitude -94.4828° West, latitude 15.8446° North, depth = 36.27 km.

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juchitán de Zaragoza, Salina Cruz, Tonalá (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and five, in the past 30 days one hundred and five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.4828° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.8446° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 36.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km SSE of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-11 22:40:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-12 00:02:57 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 2.919 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 200 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 us2000akfs Id of event.
Event Code 2000akfs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000akfs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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