Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near San Francisco del Mar in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from San Francisco 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 earthquake, longitude -94.4304 West, latitude 15.8133 North, depth = 42.26 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/09/17 / 2017-09-09 06:19:16 / September 9, 2017 @ 6:19 am. Id of earthquake: us2000arsu. Event ids that are associated: us2000arsu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.26 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:19:16 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salina Cruz, Unión Hidalgo, Tonalá (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.4304° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.8133° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.26 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	52km 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	2017-09-09 06:19:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-28 05:42:30	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	2.864	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.83 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	209	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	us2000arsu	Id of event.
Event Code	2000arsu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000arsu,	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

-94.4304° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.8133° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

42.26 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

52km 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

2017-09-09 06:19:16

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-09-28 05:42:30

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

2.864

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

Root Mean Square

0.83 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

209

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

us2000arsu

Id of event.

Event Code

2000arsu

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

Event IDS

,us2000arsu,

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

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