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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near San Felipe Usila in Mexico

Posted by admin on March 10, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.5853S, -96.6759WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from San Felipe Usila in Mexico. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75.68 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000jd48. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jd48. Exact location of event, longitude -96.6759 West, latitude 17.5853 North, depth = 75.68 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/03/19 / 2019-03-10 06:16:36 / March 10, 2019 @ 6:16 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:16:36 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Oaxaca de Juárez (c. 262 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Tuxtepec (c. 92 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán (c. 61 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from San Antonio de la Cal (c. 20 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Gabriel Casa Blanca (c. 14 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Villa de Zaachila (c. 14 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Dionisio Ocotepec, Coxcatlán, San Pablo Huixtepec.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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: 37 km SSW of San Felipe Usila, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.6759° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.5853° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km SSW of San Felipe Usila, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-10 06:16:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-10 06:55:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 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 285 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 1.803 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 us1000jd48 Id of event.
Event Code 1000jd48 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jd48, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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