Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Puerto Madero in Mexico

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/16 / 2016-07-18 19:02:16 / July 18, 2016 @ 7:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -92.3717 West, latitude 14.6978 North, depth = 71.1 km. The temblor was detected at 14:02:16 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 71.1 km (44 miles). Unique identifier: us20006fl8. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006fl8.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio Suchitepéquez, San Francisco El Alto, Salcajá. Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 5 km ESE of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.3717° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.6978° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	71.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km ESE 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	2016-07-18 19:02:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-07-18 19:29:49	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	385	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	0.677	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.49 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	124	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	us20006fl8	Id of event.
Event Code	20006fl8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20006fl8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-92.3717° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

14.6978° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

71.1 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5km ESE 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

2016-07-18 19:02:16

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-07-18 19:29:49

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-300

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.1

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

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

385

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

0.677

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

Root Mean Square

1.49 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

124

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

us20006fl8

Id of event.

Event Code

20006fl8

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

Event IDS

,us20006fl8,

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

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