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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near San Pablo Villa de Mitla in Mexico

Posted by admin on November 22, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.9676S, -96.2645WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from San Pablo Villa de Mitla in Mexico. Unique identifier: us100040aj. Ids that are associated to the event: us100040aj. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:11:17 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 08:11:17 / November 22, 2015 @ 8:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -96.2645 West, latitude 16.9676 North, depth = 65.07 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.07 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Oaxaca de Juárez (c. 262 600 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán (c. 61 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Antonio de la Cal (c. 20 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Villa de Zaachila (c. 14 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 13 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Trinidad Zaachila (c. 12 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jalapa, San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz.

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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km ENE of San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.2645° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.9676° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 65.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km ENE of San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-22 08:11:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-22 08:38:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 386 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.632 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 us100040aj Id of event.
Event Code 100040aj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100040aj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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