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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Tlaxmalac in Mexico

Posted by admin on February 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.391S, -99.3476WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Tlaxmalac in Mexico. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:39:29 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 70.127 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000pw5b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pw5b. Global time and date of event 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 19:39:29 / February 28, 2025 @ 7:39 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -99.3476 West, latitude 18.391 North, depth = 70.127 km.

The epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Tlalpan (c. 607 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Xochimilco (c. 404 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Cuernavaca (c. 343 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Metepec (c. 173 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chilpancingo de los Bravos (c. 165 300 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Jiutepec (c. 162 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Cuautla Morelos (c. 146 200 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan de las Huertas, San Mateo Atarasquíllo, San Lorenzo Acopilco (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 7 km ENE of Tlaxmalac, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -99.3476° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.391° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.127 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km ENE of Tlaxmalac, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-28 19:39:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-28 19:58:51 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 5.2 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 98 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.947 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us6000pw5b Id of event.
Event Code 6000pw5b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pw5b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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