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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near San Miguel Panixtlahuaca in Mexico

Posted by admin on October 28, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.4021S, -97.5511WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from San Miguel Panixtlahuaca in Mexico on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 19.13 km, -97.5511° West, 16.4021° North. The temblor was picked up at 05:31:26 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ay0t. Id of event: us1000ay0t. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/10/17 / 2017-10-28 11:31:26 / October 28, 2017 @ 11:31 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.13 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 14 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Zimatlán de Álvarez (c. 10 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco, Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco, Zimatlán de Álvarez (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km NW of San Miguel Panixtlahuaca, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.5511° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.4021° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km NW of San Miguel Panixtlahuaca, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-10-28 11:31:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-10-28 11:54:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 326 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 3.298 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 us1000ay0t Id of event.
Event Code 1000ay0t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ay0t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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