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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake strikes near Puerto San Jose in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.5485S, -90.8901WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (mg/mb) has striked on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Puerto San Jose in Guatemala. The temblor was reported at 02:30:06 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Global time of event 01/03/15 / 2015-03-01 08:30:06 / March 1, 2015 @ 8:30 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -90.8901 West, latitude 13.5485 North, depth 35 km, unique identifier, usc000tu5z.

Close countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Palín (c. 31 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Barberena (c. 30 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alotenango, Cuilapa, Moyuta.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.8901° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.5485° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 42km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-03-01 08:30:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-03-01 08:53:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 385 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 1.245 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usc000tu5z Id of event.
Event Code c000tu5z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usc000tu5z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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