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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Santiago Pinotepa Nacional in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.1421S, -98.1336WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/06/19 / 2019-06-18 06:24:56 / June 18, 2019 @ 6:24 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us600042ah. Event ids that are associated: us600042ah. Exact location, longitude -98.1336° West, latitude 16.1421° North, depth = 39.68 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:24:56 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 39.68 km (25 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 23 km (15 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Marquelia (c. 6 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Miguel Panixtlahuaca (c. 5 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Catarina Juquila, Marquelia, San Miguel Panixtlahuaca (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SSW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.1336° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.1421° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km SSW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-18 06:24:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-18 09:20:37 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 1.472 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 207 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 us600042ah Id of event.
Event Code 600042ah An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600042ah, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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