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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 36 km S of Paredon, Mexico


Earthquake location 15.7031S, -93.8669WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Paredon in Mexico. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:34:05 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000aj9e. Event ids that are associated: us2000aj9e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 37.36 km (23 miles). Exact location of event, depth 37.36 km, -93.8669° West, 15.7031° North. Global time and date of event 10/09/17 / 2017-09-10 09:34:05 / September 10, 2017 @ 9:34 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (28 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from San Pedro Buenavista (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro Buenavista, Villa Corzo, San Pedro Tapanatepec (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and four, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and nine 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 36 km S of Paredon, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.8669° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.7031° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km S 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 2017-09-10 09:34:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-22 13:11:02 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 2.311 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 us2000aj9e Id of event.
Event Code 2000aj9e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000aj9e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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