Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag strikes near Guerrero in Mexico

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, Off the coast of Guerrero, Mexico (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.98 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:52:01 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/07/16 / 2016-07-23 08:52:01 / July 23, 2016 @ 8:52 am. Exact location of earthquake, -103.5704° West, 14.827° North, depth 34.98 km. Id of earthquake: us20006h2e. Event ids that are associated: us20006h2e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: Off the coast of Guerrero, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-103.5704° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.827° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.98 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Off the coast of Guerrero, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-07-23 08:52:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-07-23 09:08:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	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	449	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	6.138	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	90	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	us20006h2e	Id of event.
Event Code	20006h2e	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20006h2e,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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