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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 54 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala

Posted by admin on March 11, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.6598S, -91.3045WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala on Saturday. Event id: us20004zzs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004zzs. Exact location of event, longitude -91.3045 West, latitude 13.6598 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/02/16 / 2016-02-13 19:47:12 / February 13, 2016 @ 7:47 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:47:12 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez, Escuintla, Santa Bárbara (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Patulul (c. 14 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Santa Bárbara (c. 12 900 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.3045° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.6598° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-02-13 19:47:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-11 00:42:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 312 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 0.939 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us20004zzs Id of event.
Event Code 20004zzs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20004zzs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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