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Moderate earthquake 5.9 mag, 224 km SW of José María Morelos, Mexico


Earthquake location 18.4898S, -106.9116WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 224 km SW of José María Morelos, Mexico (139 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 19:40:58 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/24 / 2024-10-16 19:40:58 / October 16, 2024 @ 7:40 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -106.9116° West, 18.4898° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us6000nz5z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nz5z.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 224 km SW of José María Morelos, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -106.9116° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.4898° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 224 km SW of José María Morelos, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-16 19:40:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-16 20:03:35 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 3.606 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 536 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 130 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.497 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 us6000nz5z Id of event.
Event Code 6000nz5z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nz5z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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