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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Loreto in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 25.7087S, -110.7948WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Loreto in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000mcxe. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mcxe. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:12:30 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -110.7948 West, latitude 25.7087 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/04/24 / 2024-04-18 15:12:30 / April 18, 2024 @ 3:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciudad Insurgentes, Loreto. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Loreto (c. 11 200 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Ciudad Insurgentes (c. 8 600 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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 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: 64 km ESE of Loreto, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -110.7948° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.7087° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km ESE of Loreto, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-18 15:12:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-11 21:16:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.766 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 485 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.062 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 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 us7000mcxe Id of event.
Event Code 7000mcxe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mcxe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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