Major earthquake, 7.4 mag was detected near Santa María Zapotitlán in Mexico

A major earthquake magnitude 7.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Santa María Zapotitlán in Mexico. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/20 / 2020-06-23 15:29:05 / June 23, 2020 @ 3:29 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.31 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 23.31 km, -95.9094° West, 16.0352° North. A tsunami warning has been issued near Santa María Zapotitlán in Mexico (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:29:05 / 3:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00qcdxol, pt20175001, us6000ah9t. Id of event: us6000ah9t.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 144 km (89 miles) from Oaxaca de Juárez (c. 262 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salina Cruz (c. 73 600 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Juchitán de Zaragoza (c. 67 600 pop), 141 km (88 miles) from Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán (c. 61 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santo Domingo Tehuantepec (c. 37 400 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from San Jerónimo Ixtepec (c. 23 200 pop), 132 km (82 miles) from Matías Romero (c. 21 100 pop), 139 km (86 miles) from San Antonio de la Cal (c. 20 200 pop), 126 km (78 miles) from Puerto Escondido (c. 19 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Catarina Juquila, Oaxaca de Juárez, Las Amilpas.

Each year there are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 11 km SSW of Santa María Zapotitlán, Mexico.

Juchitán de Zaragoza Las Amilpas Matías Romero Mexico Oaxaca de Juárez Puerto Escondido Salina Cruz San Antonio de la Cal San Jerónimo Ixtepec Santa Catarina Juquila Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Santa María Zapotitlán Santo Domingo Tehuantepec

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-95.9094° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	16.0352° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	23.31 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km SSW of Santa María Zapotitlán, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-06-23 15:29:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-23 15:49:37	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	37	The total number of felt reports
CDI	6	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	1	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	865	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	,at,pt,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	2.963	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	55	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	us6000ah9t	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ah9t	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00qcdxol,pt20175001,us6000ah9t,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

7.4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-95.9094° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

16.0352° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

23.31 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

11 km SSW of Santa María Zapotitlán, Mexico

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

Time

2020-06-23 15:29:05

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-06-23 15:49:37

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

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

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

865

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

,at,pt,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

2.963

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

Root Mean Square

1.21 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

us6000ah9t

Id of event.

Event Code

6000ah9t

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

Event IDS

,at00qcdxol,pt20175001,us6000ah9t,

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

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