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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near San Dionisio del Mar in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.3406S, -94.6878WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from San Dionisio del Mar in Mexico. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 111.71 km (69 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 11:42:41 / December 31, 2017 @ 11:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -94.6878 West, latitude 16.3406 North, depth = 111.71 km. Unique identifier: us1000byhi. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000byhi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 05:42:41 / 5:42 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jalapa, Arriaga, Colonia Rincón Viejo (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 6 km E of San Dionisio del Mar, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.6878° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.3406° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km E of San Dionisio 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 2017-12-31 11:42:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-31 12:02:21 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 259 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 2.45 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 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 us1000byhi Id of event.
Event Code 1000byhi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000byhi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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