Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Iztapa in Guatemala

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.5657 West, latitude 13.7759 North, depth = 78.46 km. Event id: us10008qsy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008qsy. The temblor was picked up at 08:15:48 / 8:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 14:15:48 / May 9, 2017 @ 2:15 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78.46 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Río Bravo, Candelaria de La Frontera, San Juan Sacatepéquez.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 23 km SE of Iztapa, Guatemala.

Candelaria de La Frontera Escuintla Guatemala Guatemala City Iztapa Mixco Petapa Río Bravo San Juan Sacatepéquez Villa Canales Villa Nueva

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-90.5657° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.7759° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	78.46 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km 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	2017-05-09 14:15:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-09 14:40:26	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	417	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	1.299	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.37 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	us10008qsy	Id of event.
Event Code	10008qsy	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008qsy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-90.5657° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.7759° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

78.46 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

23km 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

2017-05-09 14:15:48

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-05-09 14:40:26

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

2.7

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

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

417

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.299

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.37 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

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10008qsy

Id of event.

Event Code

10008qsy

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us10008qsy,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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