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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag strikes near San Miguel Totolapan in Mexico


Earthquake location 18.1862S, -100.4196WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from San Miguel Totolapan in Mexico. The temblor was picked up at 19:03:02 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 70.492 km, -100.4196° West, 18.1862° North. 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: 26/09/24 / 2024-09-26 19:03:02 / September 26, 2024 @ 7:03 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.492 km (44 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngme. Unique identifier: us7000ngme.

Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Iguala de la Independencia (c. 112 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Taxco de Alarcón (c. 53 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tejupilco de Hidalgo (c. 25 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Ciudad Altamirano (c. 24 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Huetamo de Núñez (c. 21 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Teloloapan (c. 21 200 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Arcelia (c. 16 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tlamacazapa, Tepecoacuilco de Trujano, Chichihualco (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NW of San Miguel Totolapan, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.4196° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.1862° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.492 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NW of San Miguel Totolapan, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-26 19:03:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-26 19:26:50 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 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 385 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 134 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.636 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ngme Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngme An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngme, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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