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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Putla de Guerrero in Mexico


Earthquake location 17.0619S, -97.9576WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Putla de Guerrero in Mexico on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.21 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:45:05 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000aq1t. Event ids that are associated: us1000aq1t. Global time and date of event 11/10/17 / 2017-10-11 02:45:05 / October 11, 2017 @ 2:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -97.9576° West, latitude 17.0619° North, depth = 61.21 km.

The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Ciudad de Huajuapam de León (c. 47 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tlapa de Comonfort (c. 36 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 14 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Asunción Nochixtlán, Santiago Jamiltepec, San Luis Acatlán (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, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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.

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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: 4 km NW of Putla de Guerrero, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.9576° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.0619° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km NW of Putla de Guerrero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-11 02:45:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-11 03:06:12 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 312 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 2.536 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 us1000aq1t Id of event.
Event Code 1000aq1t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000aq1t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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