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Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Puerto Madero in Mexico


Earthquake location 14.4106S, -93.1275WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Puerto Madero in Mexico on Wednesday. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:43:21 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/24 / 2024-09-25 06:43:21 / September 25, 2024 @ 6:43 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -93.1275° West, 14.4106° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000ng3m. Event ids that are associated: us7000ng3m.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Huixtla (c. 29 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Villa Comaltitlán (c. 7 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Huehuetán (c. 7 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tapachula, Huixtla, Acapeteahua.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 83 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -93.1275° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4106° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km WSW of Puerto Madero, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-25 06:43:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-25 07:00:29 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 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 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.091 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us7000ng3m Id of event.
Event Code 7000ng3m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ng3m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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