Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Higuera de Zaragoza in Mexico

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Higuera de Zaragoza in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 08:15:26 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us20008vll. Event ids that are associated: us20008vll. Exact location of event, longitude -109.995 West, latitude 26.0091 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/03/17 / 2017-03-29 15:15:26 / March 29, 2017 @ 3:15 pm.

Event epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Los Mochis (c. 214 600 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Huatabampo (c. 30 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ahome (c. 10 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Higuera de Zaragoza (c. 9 000 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Etchojoa (c. 8 600 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Topolobampo (c. 7 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from San Miguel Zapotitlan (c. 6 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Etchojoa, Topolobampo, Los Mochis.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km W of Higuera de Zaragoza, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-109.995° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	26.0091° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	71km W of Higuera de Zaragoza, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-03-29 15:15:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-29 15:40:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	16	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.2	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	423	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	2.396	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	119	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	us20008vll	Id of event.
Event Code	20008vll	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20008vll,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-109.995° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

26.0091° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

71km W of Higuera de Zaragoza, Mexico

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-03-29 15:15:26

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-03-29 15:40:34

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-420

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

4.2

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

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

423

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

2.396

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.24 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

119

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us20008vll

Id of event.

Event Code

20008vll

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us20008vll,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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