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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Hidalgotitlan in Mexico

Posted by admin on July 22, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 17.5625S, -94.5082WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Hidalgotitlan in Mexico. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 136.84 km (85 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/18 / 2018-07-22 12:39:41 / July 22, 2018 @ 12:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -94.5082° West, 17.5625° North, depth 136.84 km. Id of earthquake: us2000gb6j. Event ids that are associated: us2000gb6j. The temblor was detected at 06:39:41 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Coatzacoalcos (c. 230 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Minatitlan (c. 150 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Acayucan (c. 47 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Las Choapas (c. 40 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Agua Dulce (c. 36 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Villa Nanchital (c. 26 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Allende (c. 21 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Juan Rodríguez Clara, Raudales Malpaso, Matías Romero (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km SSE of Hidalgotitlan, Mexico.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -94.5082° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 17.5625° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 136.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km SSE of Hidalgotitlan, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-22 12:39:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-22 12:57:07 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 2.602 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us2000gb6j Id of event.
Event Code 2000gb6j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000gb6j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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