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Strong earthquake: M6.6 quake has struck near Topolobampo in Mexico

Posted by admin on September 13, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 25.1556S, -109.3772WA earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Topolobampo in Mexico. A tsunami warning has been issued near Topolobampo in Mexico (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:14:12 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt15256051, at00nulw7m, us20003j4u. Id of event: us20003j4u. Global time and date of event 13/09/15 / 2015-09-13 08:14:12 / September 13, 2015 @ 8:14 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -109.3772° West, 25.1556° North.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guamúchil, La Reforma, San Blas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Los Mochis (c. 214 600 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Guasave (c. 68 400 pop), 135 km (84 miles) from Guamúchil (c. 59 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Leyva Solano (c. 27 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Juan Jose Rios (c. 26 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Adolfo Ruíz Cortínes (c. 12 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ahome (c. 10 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Higuera de Zaragoza (c. 9 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Topolobampo (c. 7 600 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 59 km SSW of Topolobampo, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -109.3772° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.1556° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km SSW of Topolobampo, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-13 08:14:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-13 08:38:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 15 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.49 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 1 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 677 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 ,pt,at,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 3.781 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20003j4u Id of event.
Event Code 20003j4u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt15256051,at00nulw7m,us20003j4u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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