Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag was detected near Santa Catarina Mechoacan in Mexico

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Santa Catarina Mechoacan in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 00:57:01 / 12:57 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d4lg. Unique identifier: us2000d4lg. Exact location, longitude -97.579° West, latitude 16.4993° North, depth = 40.17 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.17 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 19/02/18 / 2018-02-19 06:57:01 / February 19, 2018 @ 6:57 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tlalixtac de Cabrera, Santa María del Tule, Villa de Etla (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 111 km (69 miles) from Oaxaca de Juárez (c. 262 600 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán (c. 61 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Santiago Pinotepa Nacional (c. 25 700 pop), 110 km (69 miles) from San Antonio de la Cal (c. 20 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ometepec (c. 17 800 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz (c. 17 600 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Heroica Ciudad de Tlaxiaco (c. 17 500 pop).

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 ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-97.579° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.4993° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	40.17 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32km NE of Santa Catarina Mechoacan, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-02-19 06:57:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-02-19 07:12:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	37	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.9	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	550	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	1.418	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	120	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	us2000d4lg	Id of event.
Event Code	2000d4lg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000d4lg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-97.579° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.4993° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

40.17 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

32km NE of Santa Catarina Mechoacan, Mexico

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

Time

2018-02-19 06:57:01

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-02-19 07:12:35

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

3.9

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

550

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

1.418

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

Root Mean Square

0.93 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

120

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

us2000d4lg

Id of event.

Event Code

2000d4lg

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

Event IDS

,us2000d4lg,

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

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