Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Chahuites in Mexico

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Chahuites in Mexico. Id of earthquake: us6000cqqi. Event ids that are associated: us6000cqqi. Exact location of event, longitude -94.345 West, latitude 16.247 North, depth = 85.51 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 85.51 km (53 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:43:54 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/20 / 2020-11-20 08:43:54 / November 20, 2020 @ 8:43 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Tehuantepec, Salina Cruz, San Jerónimo Ixtepec (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.345° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.247° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	85.51 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16 km WSW of Chahuites, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-11-20 08:43:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-11-20 08:59:01	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	340	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	2.121	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.71 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	132	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	us6000cqqi	Id of event.
Event Code	6000cqqi	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000cqqi,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.345° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.247° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

85.51 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

16 km WSW of Chahuites, Mexico

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

Time

2020-11-20 08:43:54

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-11-20 08:59:01

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

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

340

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

2.121

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

Root Mean Square

0.71 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

132

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

us6000cqqi

Id of event.

Event Code

6000cqqi

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

Event IDS

,us6000cqqi,

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

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