Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Zapotitlán Lagunas in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Zapotitlán Lagunas in Mexico on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us7000aeus. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000aeus. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:05:52 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 51.16 km, -98.4043° West, 17.8487° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.16 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/20 / 2020-06-30 04:05:52 / June 30, 2020 @ 4:05 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tamazulapam Villa del Progreso, Chilapa de Alvarez, Zitlala. Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Ciudad de Huajuapam de León (c. 47 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Izúcar de Matamoros (c. 42 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tlapa de Comonfort (c. 36 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chilapa de Alvarez (c. 23 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Axochiapan (c. 17 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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. 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.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km N of Zapotitlán Lagunas, Mexico.

Axochiapan Chilapa de Alvarez Ciudad de Huajuapam de León Izúcar de Matamoros Malinaltepec Mexico Tamazulapam Villa del Progreso Tlapa de Comonfort Zapotitlán Lagunas Zitlala

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.4043° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.8487° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	51.16 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km N of Zapotitlán Lagunas, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-06-30 04:05:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-30 04:24:17	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	272	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	0.323	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	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	us7000aeus	Id of event.
Event Code	7000aeus	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000aeus,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-98.4043° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

17.8487° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

51.16 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

10 km N of Zapotitlán Lagunas, Mexico

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-06-30 04:05:52

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-06-30 04:24:17

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

2.7

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

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

272

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.323

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.96 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

134

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us7000aeus

Id of event.

Event Code

7000aeus

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us7000aeus,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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