Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 44 km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from San Mateo del Mar in Mexico on Saturday. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:30:11 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000aiwm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000aiwm. Exact location, longitude -94.833° West, latitude 15.8349° North, depth = 59.46 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/17 / 2017-09-09 15:30:11 / September 9, 2017 @ 3:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 59.46 km (37 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arriaga, Paredón, Jalapa. Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Unión Hidalgo (c. 12 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days sixty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-eight and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.833° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.8349° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.46 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	44km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-09 15:30:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-09 15:48:39	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	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	432	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	5.408	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	140	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	us2000aiwm	Id of event.
Event Code	2000aiwm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000aiwm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.833° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.8349° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

59.46 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

44km SSE of San Mateo del Mar, Mexico

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

Time

2017-09-09 15:30:11

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-09-09 15:48:39

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

Timezone offset

-360

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

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

432

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

5.408

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

Root Mean Square

1.06 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

140

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

us2000aiwm

Id of event.

Event Code

2000aiwm

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

Event IDS

,us2000aiwm,

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

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