Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Chiapas in Mexico

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico kilometers (0 miles) from Chiapas in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/21 / 2021-01-21 12:41:59 / January 21, 2021 @ 12:41 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -93.1715° West, 15.4743° North, depth 86.72 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:41:59 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000dcvd. Event ids that are associated: us6000dcvd. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.72 km (54 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Motozintla de Mendoza, Huehuetán, Paredón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Motozintla de Mendoza (c. 19 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-93.1715° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.4743° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	86.72 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-01-21 12:41:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-17 13:18:51	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	0.233	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	191	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	us6000dcvd	Id of event.
Event Code	6000dcvd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000dcvd,	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

-93.1715° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.4743° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

86.72 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico

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

Time

2021-01-21 12:41:59

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-02-17 13:18:51

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

0.233

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

Root Mean Square

0.97 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

191

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

us6000dcvd

Id of event.

Event Code

6000dcvd

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

Event IDS

,us6000dcvd,

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

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