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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near San Mateo del Mar in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.2032S, -94.8622WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 111 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aixi. Id of event: us2000aixi. The temblor was picked up at 10:40:46 / 10:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.06 km (21 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/17 / 2017-09-09 16:40:46 / September 9, 2017 @ 4:40 pm. Exact location, longitude -94.8622° West, latitude 15.2032° North, depth = 34.06 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and sixteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and eighty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 111 km S of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico. This data 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 -94.8622° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.2032° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 34.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 111km 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 2017-09-09 16:40:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-08 14:53:00 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 1.326 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us2000aixi Id of event.
Event Code 2000aixi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000aixi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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