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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Chahuite in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.0269S, -94.2487WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Chahuite in Mexico. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000akts. Id of event: us2000akts. The temblor was reported at 09:25:19 / 9:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/09/17 / 2017-09-12 15:25:19 / September 12, 2017 @ 3:25 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 64.76 km (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.2487 West, latitude 16.0269 North, depth = 64.76 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cintalapa de Figueroa, San Mateo del Mar, Unión Hidalgo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days one hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km SSW of Chahuite, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.2487° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.0269° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km SSW of Chahuite, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-12 15:25:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-12 16:30:25 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 284 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 2.737 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 169 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 us2000akts Id of event.
Event Code 2000akts An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000akts, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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