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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Champerico in Guatemala

Posted by admin on February 18, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.9326S, -91.9443WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 17:31:19 / 5:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -91.9443 West, latitude 13.9326 North, depth = 35 km. Global time and date of event 18/02/17 / 2017-02-18 23:31:19 / February 18, 2017 @ 11:31 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event id: us20008kq3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008kq3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuevo Progreso, Chicacao, Santa Bárbara. Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Pablo Jocopilas (c. 20 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Colomba (c. 19 100 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 40 km S of Champerico, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.9443° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9326° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km S of Champerico, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-02-18 23:31:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-18 23:46:08 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 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 0.636 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 162 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 us20008kq3 Id of event.
Event Code 20008kq3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008kq3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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