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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag strikes near Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate in Guatemala

Posted by admin on June 15, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.2059S, -91.4727WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate in Guatemala. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:46:57 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200064ir. Event ids that are associated: us200064ir. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -91.4727 West, latitude 14.2059 North, depth = 77.47 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/16 / 2016-06-15 13:46:57 / June 15, 2016 @ 1:46 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.47 km (48 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 114 km (71 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 115 km (72 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tapachula, Cacahoatán, Guazacapán.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 14 km SW of Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.4727° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.2059° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km SW of Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-15 13:46:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-15 14:17:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 22 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.29 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 511 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 0.383 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us200064ir Id of event.
Event Code 200064ir An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200064ir, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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