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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Cintalapa de Figueroa in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 25, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.0901S, -94.0125WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa in Mexico on Wednesday. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:07:01 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10008uyj. Event ids that are associated: us10008uyj. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/05/17 / 2017-05-25 00:07:01 / May 25, 2017 @ 12:07 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -94.0125° West, 17.0901° North, depth 142.63 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 142.63 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tapilula, Pichucalco, Huimanguillo. Event epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Huimanguillo (c. 26 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Berriozábal (c. 21 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km NW of Cintalapa de Figueroa, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.0125° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.0901° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 142.63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50km NW of Cintalapa de Figueroa, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-25 00:07:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-25 00:32:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 417 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 1.969 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us10008uyj Id of event.
Event Code 10008uyj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10008uyj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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