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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Champerico in Guatemala

Posted by admin on February 8, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.9123S, -92.2089WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.2089 West, latitude 13.9123 North, depth = 42.91 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:04:56 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 42.91 km (27 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cysz. Unique identifier: us2000cysz. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/02/18 / 2018-02-08 12:04:56 / February 8, 2018 @ 12:04 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Sebastián, Nuevo San Carlos, Puerto Madero (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 14 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Flores Costa Cuca (c. 12 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop). Nearby 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 53 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.2089° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9123° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 42.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53km SW 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 2018-02-08 12:04:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-08 13:01:28 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 298 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 0.786 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 180 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 us2000cysz Id of event.
Event Code 2000cysz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000cysz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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