Moderate earthquake 5.8 mag, 73 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from San Francisco del Mar in Mexico on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000j6tj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j6tj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -94.7274 West, latitude 15.5693 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/01/19 / 2019-01-21 11:57:17 / January 21, 2019 @ 11:57 am. The 5.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:57:17 / 5:57 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 115 km (72 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tonalá, Arriaga, El Espinal.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.7274° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.5693° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	73km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-01-21 11:57:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-01-21 12:26:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.23	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	520	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	2.591	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.48 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	121	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000j6tj	Id of event.
Event Code	2000j6tj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000j6tj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.7274° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.5693° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

73km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico

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

Time

2019-01-21 11:57:17

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-01-21 12:26:24

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

4.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.23

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

520

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

2.591

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

Root Mean Square

1.48 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

121

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000j6tj

Id of event.

Event Code

2000j6tj

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

Event IDS

,us2000j6tj,

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

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