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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Santiago Tepextla in Mexico

Posted by admin on November 13, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.2346S, -98.4411WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Santiago Tepextla in Mexico. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:18:23 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -98.4411° West, 16.2346° North, depth 12.648 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nrgf. Event ids that are associated: us7000nrgf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.648 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/24 / 2024-11-13 00:18:23 / November 13, 2024 @ 12:18 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Putla Villa de Guerrero (c. 9 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Cuajinicuilapa de Santa Maria (c. 9 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Luis Acatlán (c. 8 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Putla Villa de Guerrero, Cruz Grande, San Luis Acatlán. Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 11 km S of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.4411° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.2346° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.648 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km S of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-13 00:18:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-13 00:30:41 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 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.326 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 us7000nrgf Id of event.
Event Code 7000nrgf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nrgf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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