Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Puerto San Jose in Guatemala

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Puerto San Jose in Guatemala on Sunday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:58:39 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.5 km (39 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10004udg. Event ids that are associated: us10004udg. Global time and date of event 28/02/16 / 2016-02-28 23:58:39 / February 28, 2016 @ 11:58 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -90.7569° West, 13.3798° North, depth 63.5 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Masagua, Chiquimulilla, Guazacapán (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Guazacapán (c. 7 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Taxisco (c. 6 500 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-90.7569° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.3798° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	63.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60km 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	2016-02-28 23:58:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-14 03:06:18	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	271	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	1.457	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.02 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	179	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	us10004udg	Id of event.
Event Code	10004udg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004udg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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