Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Paredon in Mexico

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Paredon in Mexico on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 23:01:38 / 11:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000ahv7. Event ids that are associated: us2000ahv7. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -94.0876 West, latitude 15.8669 North, depth = 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/17 / 2017-09-08 05:01:38 / September 8, 2017 @ 5:01 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro Buenavista, Unión Hidalgo, San Mateo del Mar. The epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Jiquipilas (c. 9 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Villa Corzo (c. 9 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.0876° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.8669° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	29km SW of Paredon, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-08 05:01:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-08 05:38:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	13	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.69	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	507	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	2.55	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	150	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	us2000ahv7	Id of event.
Event Code	2000ahv7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000ahv7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.0876° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.8669° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

35 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

29km SW of Paredon, Mexico

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

Time

2017-09-08 05:01:38

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-09-08 05:38:35

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

4.69

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

507

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

2.55

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

Root Mean Square

0.91 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

150

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

us2000ahv7

Id of event.

Event Code

2000ahv7

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

Event IDS

,us2000ahv7,

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

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