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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Llano de la Puerta in Mexico

Posted by admin on June 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.6785S, -99.4464WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Llano de la Puerta in Mexico on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 17:16:17 / 5:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -99.4464° West, latitude 16.6785° North, depth = 14.395 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.395 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000mu56. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mu56. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/24 / 2024-06-23 17:16:17 / June 23, 2024 @ 5:16 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chilapa de Alvarez, Malinaltepec, Tixtla de Guerrero (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Acapulco de Juárez (c. 652 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Chilpancingo de los Bravos (c. 165 300 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Chilapa de Alvarez (c. 23 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Tixtla de Guerrero (c. 21 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Coyuca de Benítez (c. 12 500 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from San Marcos (c. 12 300 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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: 11 km SE of Llano de la Puerta, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -99.4464° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.6785° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.395 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SE of Llano de la Puerta, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-23 17:16:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-23 17:32:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 416 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.217 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 us7000mu56 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mu56 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mu56, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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