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Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 103 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico


Earthquake location 15.3031S, -94.552WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 103 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico (64 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 13:35:29 / 1:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000ap8u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ap8u. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/17 / 2017-09-16 19:35:29 / September 16, 2017 @ 7:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.06 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 17.06 km, -94.552° West, 15.3031° North.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-eight, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 103 km S of San Francisco del Mar, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.552° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.3031° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 103km S of San Francisco 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 2017-09-16 19:35:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-16 19:50:48 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 400 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 2.868 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 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 us2000ap8u Id of event.
Event Code 2000ap8u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ap8u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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