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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near La Esperanza in Mexico


Earthquake location 15.4256S, -93.0851WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from La Esperanza in Mexico on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:25:26 / 4:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 90.5 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/20 / 2020-12-10 04:25:26 / December 10, 2020 @ 4:25 am. Unique identifier: us7000cpnh. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cpnh. Exact location of event, depth 90.5 km, -93.0851° West, 15.4256° North.

Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Motozintla de Mendoza (c. 19 100 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mazatán, Motozintla de Mendoza, Huehuetán (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 8 km ESE of La Esperanza, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.0851° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.4256° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 90.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km ESE of La Esperanza, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-10 04:25:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-10 04:40:27 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 1.248 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 us7000cpnh Id of event.
Event Code 7000cpnh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cpnh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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