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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Ocos in Guatemala

Posted by admin on July 8, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.342S, -92.174WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Ocos in Guatemala. 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: 24/06/16 / 2016-06-24 14:48:23 / June 24, 2016 @ 2:48 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.6 km (47 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:48:23 / 8:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.174 West, latitude 14.342 North, depth = 75.6 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000611b. Id of event: us1000611b.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chicacao, Huixtla, Cantel. The epicenter was 64 km (39 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 18 km S of Ocos, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.174° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.342° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km S of Ocos, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-24 14:48:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-08 08:25:43 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 298 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 us1000611b Id of event.
Event Code 1000611b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000611b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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