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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Ocos in Guatemala

Posted by admin on November 8, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.2568S, -92.2562WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Ocos in Guatemala. Exact location, longitude -92.2562° West, latitude 14.2568° North, depth = 45.72 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/10/17 / 2017-10-29 14:39:25 / October 29, 2017 @ 2:39 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:39:25 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000bh8x. Event ids that are associated: us2000bh8x. The epicenter was at a depth of 45.72 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Ostuncalco (c. 28 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Marcos (c. 25 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ostuncalco, Tiquisate, San Antonio Suchitepéquez (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km SSW of Ocos, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.2562° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.2568° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km SSW 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 2017-10-29 14:39:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-08 21:04:08 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 326 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 0.605 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 166 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 us2000bh8x Id of event.
Event Code 2000bh8x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bh8x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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