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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Minatitlan in Mexico

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Minatitlan in Mexico on Wednesday. Event id: us10007vfd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007vfd. The epicenter was at a depth of 166.89 km (104 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:54:39 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -94.4016° West, latitude 17.8095° North, depth = 166.89 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/01/17 / 2017-01-25 20:54:39 / January 25, 2017 @ 8:54 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Catemaco, Chontalpa, Mecayapan. The epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Catemaco (c. 24 300 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km SSE of Minatitlan, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.4016° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	17.8095° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	166.89 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km SSE of Minatitlan, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-01-25 20:54:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-01-25 21:19:50	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.645	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	100	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	us10007vfd	Id of event.
Event Code	10007vfd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10007vfd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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