Moderate earthquake: M5.7 quake has struck near Paredon in Mexico

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Paredon in Mexico. The temblor was picked up at 21:07:26 / 9:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -94.3491° West, 15.475° North, depth 53.01 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.01 km (33 miles). Unique identifier: us2000aj51. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000aj51. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/17 / 2017-09-10 03:07:26 / September 10, 2017 @ 3:07 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Zanatepec, San Mateo del Mar, Las Amilpas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Chahuite (c. 9 800 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Las Amilpas (c. 8 800 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from El Espinal (c. 7 600 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from San Pedro Tapanatepec (c. 7 200 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Santo Domingo Zanatepec (c. 7 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Paredón (c. 6 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days eighty-seven, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 80 km SW of Paredon, Mexico.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.3491° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	15.475° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	53.01 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	80km SW of Paredon, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-10 03:07:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-10 03:25:47	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	3.94	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	500	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	2.733	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.98 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	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000aj51	Id of event.
Event Code	2000aj51	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000aj51,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.3491° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

15.475° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

53.01 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

80km SW of Paredon, Mexico

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

Time

2017-09-10 03:07:26

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-09-10 03:25:47

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

3.94

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

500

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

2.733

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

Root Mean Square

0.98 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

mww

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000aj51

Id of event.

Event Code

2000aj51

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

Event IDS

,us2000aj51,

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

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