Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Baja California, Mexico

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported Baja California, Mexico kilometers (0 miles) from Baja California, Mexico on Monday. Event id: us6000bfz8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39347679, at00qf7sez, us6000bfz8. Exact location of earthquake, -115.5609° West, 31.4307° North, depth 7.47 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/20 / 2020-08-17 15:30:30 / August 17, 2020 @ 3:30 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Baja California, Mexico (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:30:30 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.47 km (5 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guadalupe Victoria, San Quintín, Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 12 800 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (c. 8 100 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Estación Coahuila (c. 7 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Camalú (c. 7 400 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Baja California Camalu Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota Estacion Coahuila Guadalupe Victoria Mexico Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada San Felipe San Quintin Vicente Guerrero

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.5609° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.4307° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.47 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Baja California, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-08-17 15:30:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-17 15:48:52	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	361	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	6.75	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	553	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	,ci,at,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	0.66	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	200	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	us6000bfz8	Id of event.
Event Code	6000bfz8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39347679,at00qf7sez,us6000bfz8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-115.5609° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

31.4307° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

7.47 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

Baja California, Mexico

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

Time

2020-08-17 15:30:30

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-08-17 15:48:52

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

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

361

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.8

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

6.75

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

553

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

,ci,at,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

0.66

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

Root Mean Square

1.09 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

200

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

us6000bfz8

Id of event.

Event Code

6000bfz8

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

Event IDS

,ci39347679,at00qf7sez,us6000bfz8,

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

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