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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Marquelia in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.5251S, -98.8425WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Marquelia in Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000hjkn. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000hjkn. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:22:22 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/18 / 2018-09-25 02:22:22 / September 25, 2018 @ 2:22 am. Exact location, longitude -98.8425° West, latitude 16.5251° North, depth = 35 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Marcos (c. 12 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pinotepa de Don Luis, Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Malinaltepec. Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 7 km SSW of Marquelia, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.8425° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.5251° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km SSW of Marquelia, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-25 02:22:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-25 02:31:38 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 298 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 1.065 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 191 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 us2000hjkn Id of event.
Event Code 2000hjkn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hjkn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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