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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Morales in Guatemala

Posted by admin on February 9, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.3094S, -88.8926WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Morales in Guatemala. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 10:19:55 / February 9, 2018 @ 10:19 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -88.8926 West, latitude 15.3094 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:19:55 / 4:19 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000czfr. Unique identifier: us2000czfr.

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chahal Guatemala, Chiquimula, Punta Gorda. Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Puerto Barrios (c. 56 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Chiquimula (c. 41 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Zacapa (c. 36 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Santa Rosa de Copán (c. 27 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Panzós (c. 25 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Cofradía (c. 20 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 20 km SSW of Morales, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -88.8926° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.3094° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km SSW of Morales, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-09 10:19:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-09 11:17:30 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 3.1 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 272 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 0.513 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 us2000czfr Id of event.
Event Code 2000czfr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000czfr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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