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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Santiago Jamiltepec in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.2836S, -97.741WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec in Mexico on Saturday. Event id: us1000av9b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000av9b. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:59:01 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.81 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.741 West, latitude 16.2836 North, depth = 58.81 km. Global time and date of event 21/10/17 / 2017-10-21 16:59:01 / October 21, 2017 @ 4:59 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Brisas de Zicatela, Putla Villa de Guerrero, Puerto Escondido (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 84 km (53 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Putla Villa de Guerrero (c. 9 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km E of Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.741° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.2836° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km E of Santiago Jamiltepec, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-21 16:59:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-21 17:15:19 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 354 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 3.324 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us1000av9b Id of event.
Event Code 1000av9b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000av9b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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