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Earthquake: M 5.3 quake strikes near Tulcingo del Valle in Mexico


Earthquake location 18.0729S, -98.5224WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (mg/mb) has striked on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Tulcingo del Valle in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 16:30:07 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 51.79 km (32 miles). Global time of event 20/03/15 / 2015-03-20 22:30:07 / March 20, 2015 @ 10:30 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -98.5224 West, latitude 18.0729 North, depth 51.79 km, unique identifier, us10001pbh.

Close countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Cuautla Morelos (c. 146 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Atlixco (c. 85 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ciudad de Huajuapam de León (c. 47 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Izúcar de Matamoros (c. 42 900 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Yautepec (c. 41 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tlayacapan, Tlazcalancingo, Nealtican.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.5224° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.0729° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km WNW of Tulcingo del Valle, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-03-20 22:30:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-03-20 23:16:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 59 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.2 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 463 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 0.509 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us10001pbh Id of event.
Event Code 10001pbh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10001pbh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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