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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near San Luis Acatlan in Mexico

Posted by admin on November 23, 2015 1 Comment

Earthquake location 17.1186S, -98.8237WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from San Luis Acatlan in Mexico on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/11/15 / 2015-11-23 20:41:23 / November 23, 2015 @ 8:41 pm. Exact location, longitude -98.8237° West, latitude 17.1186° North, depth = 37.85 km. Id of earthquake: us100040iy. Event ids that are associated: us100040iy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:41:23 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.85 km (24 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Chilpancingo de los Bravos (c. 165 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Tlapa de Comonfort (c. 36 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Chilapa de Alvarez (c. 23 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Zumpango del Río (c. 21 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tixtla de Guerrero (c. 21 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from San Marcos (c. 12 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tulcingo de Valle, Chichihualco, Copalillo (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 34 km NNW of San Luis Acatlan, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.8237° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.1186° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 37.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km NNW of San Luis Acatlan, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-23 20:41:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-23 20:57:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 23 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 473 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 0.505 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us100040iy Id of event.
Event Code 100040iy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100040iy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Lisa

    Felt it for certain. My building in Polanco was swaying!!

    November 23, 2015
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