Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Cintalapa de Figueroa in Mexico

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa in Mexico. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/18 / 2018-10-01 21:43:03 / October 1, 2018 @ 9:43 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122.21 km (76 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:43:03 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h5c4. Unique identifier: us1000h5c4. Exact location, longitude -93.9565° West, latitude 16.7622° North, depth = 122.21 km.

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Berriozábal (c. 21 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chiapa de Corzo, Unión Hidalgo, Villa Corzo (min 5000 pop).

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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 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: 25 km W of Cintalapa de Figueroa, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-93.9565° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.7622° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	122.21 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25km W 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	2018-10-01 21:43:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-01 22:11:17	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	9	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	452	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	1.809	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.11 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	113	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	us1000h5c4	Id of event.
Event Code	1000h5c4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000h5c4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-93.9565° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.7622° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

122.21 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

25km W 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

2018-10-01 21:43:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-10-01 22:11:17

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

3.8

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

452

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

1.809

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

Root Mean Square

1.11 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

113

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

us1000h5c4

Id of event.

Event Code

1000h5c4

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

Event IDS

,us1000h5c4,

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

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