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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near La Gomera in Guatemala

Posted by admin on March 29, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.1856S, -91.1487WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:21:49 / 7:21 pm (local time epicenter). 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 73.12 km (45 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000daje. Id of event: us1000daje. Global time and date of event 29/03/18 / 2018-03-29 01:21:49 / March 29, 2018 @ 1:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -91.1487 West, latitude 14.1856 North, depth = 73.12 km.

Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nueva Santa Rosa, Coatepeque, Santa María Chiquimula (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 15 km NW of La Gomera, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.1487° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.1856° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 73.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km NW of La Gomera, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-29 01:21:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-29 01:44:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 314 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 0.627 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us1000daje Id of event.
Event Code 1000daje An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000daje, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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