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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 7 km SSE of San Miguel del Puerto, Mexico


Earthquake location 15.8602S, -96.1572WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from San Miguel del Puerto in Mexico on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.1572 West, latitude 15.8602 North, depth = 16.96 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:58:57 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000ccwv. Event ids that are associated: us6000ccwv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 16.96 km (11 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/10/20 / 2020-10-25 07:58:57 / October 25, 2020 @ 7:58 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brisas de Zicatela, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, San Pedro Pochutla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Crucecita (c. 15 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from San Pedro Pochutla (c. 13 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Brisas de Zicatela (c. 9 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Santa María Xadani (c. 5 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Santa María Huatulco (c. 5 500 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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SSE of San Miguel del Puerto, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.1572° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.8602° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SSE of San Miguel del Puerto, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-25 07:58:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-25 09:05:50 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 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 2.862 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 200 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 us6000ccwv Id of event.
Event Code 6000ccwv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ccwv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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