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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Socorro Island in Mexico

Posted by admin on February 5, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 19.8526S, -109.3786WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 206 km NE of Socorro Island, Mexico (128 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:43:06 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -109.3786 West, latitude 19.8526 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70007iz7. Event ids that are associated: us70007iz7. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/02/20 / 2020-02-05 10:43:06 / February 5, 2020 @ 10:43 am.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 eight 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 206 km NE of Socorro Island, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -109.3786° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 19.8526° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 206km NE of Socorro Island, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-05 10:43:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-05 10:56:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 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 400 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 3.85 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 223 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 us70007iz7 Id of event.
Event Code 70007iz7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70007iz7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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