Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag has occurred near Brisas Barra de Suchiate in Mexico

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 14:46:22 / October 25, 2024 @ 2:46 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -92.7139° West, latitude 13.9643° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000nn6t. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nn6t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:46:22 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 116 km (72 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Flores Costa Cuca (c. 12 000 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 112 km (69 miles) from Pajapita (c. 8 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Flores Costa Cuca, Tapachula, Pajapita (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.7139° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.9643° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	82 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-25 14:46:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-25 15:02:43	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	4.066	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	518	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	93	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.615	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.84 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	137	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	us7000nn6t	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nn6t	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nn6t,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-92.7139° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.9643° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

82 km SW of Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Mexico

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2024-10-25 14:46:22

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2024-10-25 15:02:43

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

4.066

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

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

518

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

1.615

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.84 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

137

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

us7000nn6t

Id of event.

Event Code

7000nn6t

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us7000nn6t,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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