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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Pijijiapan in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.8771S, -93.3022WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Pijijiapan in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 13:42:44 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105.89 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -93.3022° West, latitude 15.8771° North, depth = 105.89 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004f29. Id of event: us70004f29. Global time and date of event 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 19:42:44 / July 8, 2019 @ 7:42 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Venustiano Carranza (c. 15 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Suchiapa (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Copoya, Venustiano Carranza, Acapeteahua (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each 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. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 20 km NNW of Pijijiapan, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.3022° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.8771° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 105.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km NNW of Pijijiapan, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-08 19:42:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-08 19:56:03 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 1.19 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 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 us70004f29 Id of event.
Event Code 70004f29 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70004f29, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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