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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Santiago Pinotepa Nacional in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.2127S, -98.1324WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional in Mexico. Exact location of earthquake, -98.1324° West, 16.2127° North, depth 15.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/06/19 / 2019-06-06 15:26:51 / June 6, 2019 @ 3:26 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.82 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us600040cb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600040cb. The temblor was reported at 09:26:51 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Putla Villa de Guerrero, San Luis Acatlán, Santa Catarina Juquila (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Putla Villa de Guerrero (c. 9 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Luis Acatlán (c. 8 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km SW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, 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 -98.1324° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.2127° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km SW of Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-06 15:26:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-05 20:36:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 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 1.405 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 282 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 us600040cb Id of event.
Event Code 600040cb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600040cb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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