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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Cabeza de Toro in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.3388S, -94.2265WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Cabeza de Toro in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/20 / 2020-09-17 08:17:24 / September 17, 2020 @ 8:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:17:24 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -94.2265° West, 15.3388° North, depth 35 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bpba. Id of event: us7000bpba.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paredón (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop).

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 fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 81 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.2265° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.3388° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km SW of Cabeza de Toro, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-17 08:17:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-22 09:42:25 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 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 2.577 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us7000bpba Id of event.
Event Code 7000bpba An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bpba, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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