MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane "Aletta" was moving west away from Mexico's Pacific coast Wednesday and posed no threat to land, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

"There is no threat to land at this time," hurricane specialist Miles Lawrence told Reuters after the storm reached hurricane strength Wednesday morning.

Aletta, the first hurricane of the season in the eastern north Pacific region, had sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) at 11 a.m. EDT, with gusts reaching 92 mph , the hurricane center said.

The storm's center was located some 326 miles from the Pacific port of Manzanillo, officials said. Official forecasts called for a continued, slow westward track over the next 72 hours.

Tropical Storm Aletta reached within 186 miles of Mexico's southern Pacific coast Tuesday before changing direction and reaching hurricane strength.

While the storm was not forecast to touch land, Mexican weather officials warned of possible flooding on the coast.

Aletta was born as a tropical depression Monday along the Mexican coast at the resort Acapulco.