Moderate earthquake 5.1 mag, 13 km SSW of Retalhuleu, Guatemala

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Retalhuleu in Guatemala on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.1 km (48 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:12:30 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000biid. Id of event: us2000biid. Exact location of event, longitude -91.7313 West, latitude 14.4196 North, depth = 77.1 km. Global time and date of event 04/11/17 / 2017-11-04 18:12:30 / November 4, 2017 @ 6:12 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Chimaltenango (c. 82 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciudad Vieja, San Antonio Aguas Calientes, El Tejar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-three 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km SSW of Retalhuleu, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-91.7313° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.4196° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	77.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km SSW of Retalhuleu, Guatemala	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-11-04 18:12:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-04 18:39:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	19	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.8	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	411	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	0.11	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.99 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us2000biid	Id of event.
Event Code	2000biid	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000biid,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-91.7313° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

14.4196° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

77.1 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

13km SSW of Retalhuleu, Guatemala

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-11-04 18:12:30

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-11-04 18:39:33

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

5.8

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

411

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

0.11

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

Root Mean Square

0.99 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

mww

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000biid

Id of event.

Event Code

2000biid

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

Event IDS

,us2000biid,

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

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