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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Platanillo in Mexico

Posted by admin on July 27, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.0942S, -99.8881WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Platanillo in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -99.8881° West, 17.0942° North, depth 19.809 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ngby. Unique identifier: us6000ngby. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.809 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:30:14 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/07/24 / 2024-07-27 10:30:14 / July 27, 2024 @ 10:30 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zitlala, Chilapa de Alvarez, Cruz Grande. Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Acapulco de Juárez (c. 652 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Chilpancingo de los Bravos (c. 165 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Chilapa de Alvarez (c. 23 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Atoyac de Álvarez (c. 21 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Zumpango del Río (c. 21 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tixtla de Guerrero (c. 21 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Tecpan de Galeana (c. 14 600 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 4 km NE of Platanillo, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -99.8881° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.0942° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.809 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NE of Platanillo, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-27 10:30:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-27 10:49:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 432 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.346 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 184 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 us6000ngby Id of event.
Event Code 6000ngby An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ngby, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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