Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Ometepec in Mexico

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ometepec in Mexico on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.96 km (16 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:03:09 / 12:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -98.525 West, latitude 16.7157 North, depth = 24.96 km. Id of earthquake: us1000gfiy. Event ids that are associated: us1000gfiy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 18:03:09 / August 22, 2018 @ 6:03 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Tlapa de Comonfort (c. 36 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Marcos (c. 12 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Marcos, Tlapa de Comonfort, Santiago Jamiltepec (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 12 km WNW of Ometepec, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.525° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.7157° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	24.96 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km WNW of Ometepec, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-08-22 18:03:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-08-22 18:32:22	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	418	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	0.843	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	166	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	us1000gfiy	Id of event.
Event Code	1000gfiy	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000gfiy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-98.525° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.7157° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

24.96 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

12km WNW of Ometepec, Mexico

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

Time

2018-08-22 18:03:09

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-08-22 18:32:22

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

3.4

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

418

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

0.843

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

Root Mean Square

0.94 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

166

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

us1000gfiy

Id of event.

Event Code

1000gfiy

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

Event IDS

,us1000gfiy,

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

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