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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Iztapa in Guatemala

Posted by admin on November 26, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.7418S, -90.4905WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala. The temblor was picked up at 14:43:50 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 57.13 km (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007clm. Unique identifier: us10007clm. Exact location of event, longitude -90.4905 West, latitude 13.7418 North, depth = 57.13 km. Global time and date of event 26/11/16 / 2016-11-26 20:43:50 / November 26, 2016 @ 8:43 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Amatitlán (c. 71 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Catarina Pinula (c. 68 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel Dueñas, Santa Catarina Pinula, Ciudad Vieja (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.4905° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7418° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km SE 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 2016-11-26 20:43:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-26 23:33:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 284 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 1.224 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 171 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 us10007clm Id of event.
Event Code 10007clm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007clm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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