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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Tres Picos in Mexico

Posted by admin on November 18, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.2157S, -93.8513WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Tres Picos in Mexico on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 11:07:25 / 11:07 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/17 / 2017-11-18 17:07:25 / November 18, 2017 @ 5:07 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -93.8513° West, 15.2157° North, depth 60.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000br2b. Unique identifier: us2000br2b. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 60.67 km (38 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mapastepec, Tonalá, Paredón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Mapastepec (c. 16 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Pijijiapan (c. 15 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 79 km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.8513° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.2157° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79km SSW of Tres Picos, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-18 17:07:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-18 17:26:08 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 416 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 2.195 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us2000br2b Id of event.
Event Code 2000br2b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000br2b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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