Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near San Mateo del Mar in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from San Mateo del Mar in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 33.69 km, -94.9729° West, 15.6003° North. Event id: us2000atgc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000atgc. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.69 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 23/09/17 / 2017-09-23 03:34:27 / September 23, 2017 @ 3:34 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:34:27 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Amilpas, Juchitán de Zaragoza, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (min 5000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.9729° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.6003° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.69 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	66km S of San Mateo 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	2017-09-23 03:34:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-23 03:54:04	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	3.342	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.82 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	214	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	us2000atgc	Id of event.
Event Code	2000atgc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000atgc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.9729° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.6003° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

33.69 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

66km S of San Mateo 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

2017-09-23 03:34:27

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-09-23 03:54:04

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

271

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

3.342

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

Root Mean Square

0.82 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

214

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

us2000atgc

Id of event.

Event Code

2000atgc

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

Event IDS

,us2000atgc,

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

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