Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Puerto Madero in Mexico

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -93.1059 West, latitude 14.4108 North, depth = 25.49 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005li9. Unique identifier: us20005li9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.49 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/04/16 / 2016-04-25 07:07:09 / April 25, 2016 @ 7:07 am UTC/GMT. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:07:09 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 106 km (66 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Escuintla (c. 9 600 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Villa Comaltitlán (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acacoyahua, Escuintla, Ciudad Tecún Umán (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-93.1059° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.4108° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25.49 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	81km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-04-25 07:07:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-04-25 07:42:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.7	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	486	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	1.371	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.03 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68	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	us20005li9	Id of event.
Event Code	20005li9	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20005li9,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-93.1059° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

14.4108° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

25.49 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

81km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico

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

Time

2016-04-25 07:07:09

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-04-25 07:42:35

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

5.3

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

3.7

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

486

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

1.371

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

Root Mean Square

1.03 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

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

Magnitude Type

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20005li9

Id of event.

Event Code

20005li9

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

Event IDS

,us20005li9,

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

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