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

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.64 km (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.481 West, latitude 15.6055 North, depth = 33.64 km. Unique identifier: us2000bl3e. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000bl3e. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:03:55 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/11/17 / 2017-11-09 21:03:55 / November 9, 2017 @ 9:03 pm.

Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from San Pedro Tapanatepec (c. 7 200 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Francisco Ixhuatan (c. 5 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Mateo del Mar (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro Tapanatepec, San Mateo del Mar, Las Amilpas (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 seven, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 71 km SSE of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.481° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.6055° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	33.64 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	71km 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	2017-11-09 21:03:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-09 22:40:51	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	2.886	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.98 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	206	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	us2000bl3e	Id of event.
Event Code	2000bl3e	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000bl3e,	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

-94.481° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.6055° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

33.64 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

71km 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

2017-11-09 21:03:55

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-11-09 22:40:51

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

2.886

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

Root Mean Square

0.98 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

206

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

us2000bl3e

Id of event.

Event Code

2000bl3e

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

Event IDS

,us2000bl3e,

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

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