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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Puerto Madero in Mexico


Earthquake location 14.4762S, -92.7556WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:38:00 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70004hvv. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004hvv. The epicenter was at a depth of 55.01 km (34 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -92.7556 West, latitude 14.4762 North, depth = 55.01 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/19 / 2019-07-01 01:38:00 / July 1, 2019 @ 1:38 am.

Event epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Malacatán (c. 14 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Cacahoatán (c. 14 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acapeteahua, Malacatán, Cacahoatán (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 45 km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.7556° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4762° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45km SW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-01 01:38:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-11 21:59:57 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 246 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 1.028 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 214 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 us70004hvv Id of event.
Event Code 70004hvv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70004hvv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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