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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Concepcion Tutuapa in Guatemala

Posted by admin on December 2, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.3118S, -91.7635WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Concepcion Tutuapa in Guatemala on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 171.43 km (107 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 11:10:29 / November 19, 2017 @ 11:10 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000bvgj. Id of event: us2000bvgj. Exact location of event, depth 171.43 km, -91.7635° West, 15.3118° North. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:10:29 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Bernardino, Panajachel, Mazatenango (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 3 km NE of Concepcion Tutuapa, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.7635° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.3118° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 171.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km NE of Concepcion Tutuapa, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-19 11:10:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-02 14:20:27 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 271 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 0.251 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 115 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 us2000bvgj Id of event.
Event Code 2000bvgj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000bvgj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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