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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Villa Corzo in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.1995S, -93.2528WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Villa Corzo in Mexico. Event id: us6000mv2u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mv2u. The temblor was detected at 23:42:15 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 29/04/24 / 2024-04-29 23:42:15 / April 29, 2024 @ 11:42 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 142.555 km (89 miles). Exact location of event, depth 142.555 km, -93.2528° West, 16.1995° North.

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Cristóbal de las Casas (c. 129 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Cintalapa de Figueroa (c. 33 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro Tapanatepec, Chahuite, Copainalá.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km NE of Villa Corzo, 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 -93.2528° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.1995° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 142.555 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NE of Villa Corzo, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-29 23:42:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-30 03:08:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 401 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 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.075 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us6000mv2u Id of event.
Event Code 6000mv2u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mv2u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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