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Moderate earthquake: M5.8 quake has struck near Mariano Matamoros in Mexico

Posted by admin on May 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 16.5154S, -92.5966WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Mariano Matamoros in Mexico. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000px7i. Event ids that are associated: us7000px7i. The epicenter was at a depth of 260.278 km (162 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:28:13 / 8:28 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/25 / 2025-05-05 08:28:13 / May 5, 2025 @ 8:28 am. Exact location of earthquake, -92.5966° West, 16.5154° North, depth 260.278 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pijijiapan, Jiquipilas, Frontera Comalapa. Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Tuxtla Gutiérrez (c. 481 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from San Cristóbal de las Casas (c. 129 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Las Margaritas (c. 103 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Comitán (c. 79 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Chiapa de Corzo (c. 32 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ocozocoautla de Espinosa (c. 31 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ocosingo (c. 28 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Berriozábal (c. 21 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km NNW of Mariano Matamoros, Mexico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.5966° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 16.5154° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 260.278 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km NNW of Mariano Matamoros, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-05 08:28:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-05 08:45:21 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 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 518 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 109 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.499 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us7000px7i Id of event.
Event Code 7000px7i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000px7i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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