Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag strikes near Matias Romero in Mexico

A earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Matias Romero in Mexico. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:53:05 / 6:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.23 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000atjv. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000atjv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/17 / 2017-09-23 12:53:05 / September 23, 2017 @ 12:53 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -94.8951° West, 16.7731° North, depth 32.23 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 121 km (75 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 123 km (77 miles) from Sayula de Alemán (c. 11 100 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Texistepec, Sayula de Alemán, Arriaga.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km SE of Matias Romero, Mexico.

Arriaga Juchitán de Zaragoza Matías Romero Mexico Salina Cruz San Jerónimo Ixtepec Santo Domingo Tehuantepec Sayula de Aleman Texistepec Unión Hidalgo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.8951° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.7731° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.23 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19km SE of Matias Romero, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-23 12:53:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-23 13:11:38	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		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	591	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	3.568	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	43	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000atjv	Id of event.
Event Code	2000atjv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000atjv,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

6.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.8951° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.7731° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

32.23 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

19km SE of Matias Romero, Mexico

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

Time

2017-09-23 12:53:05

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-09-23 13:11:38

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

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

591

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

3.568

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

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

Magnitude Type

mww

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000atjv

Id of event.

Event Code

2000atjv

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

Event IDS

,us2000atjv,

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

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