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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Santiago Tepextla in Mexico


Earthquake location 16.4004S, -98.4356WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Santiago Tepextla in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.4356 West, latitude 16.4004 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 09:58:36 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nz1h. Event ids that are associated: us7000nz1h. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 09:58:36 / December 15, 2024 @ 9:58 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Malinaltepec, Ayutla de los Libres, Putla Villa de Guerrero (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Malinaltepec (c. 26 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Santiago Jamiltepec (c. 9 900 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Ayutla de los Libres (c. 9 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Cruz Grande (c. 9 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Putla Villa de Guerrero (c. 9 500 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. 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: 6 km N of Santiago Tepextla, Mexico.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.4356° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.4004° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km N 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 2024-12-15 09:58:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-15 10:13:27 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.163 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 217 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 us7000nz1h Id of event.
Event Code 7000nz1h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nz1h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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