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Light earthquake 4.6 mag, 36 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala

Posted by admin on November 8, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.606S, -90.6482WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67.83 km (42 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:34:40 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/15 / 2015-11-08 16:34:40 / November 8, 2015 @ 4:34 pm. Event id: us10003vrp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003vrp. Exact location of event, depth 67.83 km, -90.6482° West, 13.606° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Amatitlán (c. 71 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ahuachapán (c. 34 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Palín (c. 31 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Barberena (c. 30 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Canales, Fraijanes, Amatitlán (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 36 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.6482° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.606° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km S of Iztapa, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-08 16:34:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-08 21:04:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 327 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 1.379 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us10003vrp Id of event.
Event Code 10003vrp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003vrp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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