Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near San Dionisio del Mar in Mexico

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from San Dionisio del Mar in Mexico. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 00:20:58 / October 14, 2017 @ 12:20 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000arzf. Id of event: us1000arzf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:20:58 / 6:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.52 km (37 miles). Exact location, longitude -94.7783° West, latitude 16.256° North, depth = 59.52 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tonalá, Paredón, Arriaga (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Tonalá (c. 32 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Arriaga (c. 22 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 9 km SSW of San Dionisio del Mar, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Arriaga Juchitán de Zaragoza Matías Romero Mexico Paredon Salina Cruz San Dionisio del Mar San Jerónimo Ixtepec Santo Domingo Tehuantepec Tonalá

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-94.7783° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.256° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.52 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km SSW of San Dionisio 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	2017-10-14 00:20:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-10-14 00:48:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	14	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	454	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	2.537	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	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	us1000arzf	Id of event.
Event Code	1000arzf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000arzf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-94.7783° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.256° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

59.52 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

9km SSW of San Dionisio 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

2017-10-14 00:20:58

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-10-14 00:48:02

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

3.8

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

454

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

2.537

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

Root Mean Square

0.96 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

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

us1000arzf

Id of event.

Event Code

1000arzf

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

Event IDS

,us1000arzf,

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

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