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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Panzos in Guatemala

Posted by admin on April 10, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.3418S, -89.6356WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Panzos in Guatemala on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 11:15:01 / 11:15 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000dxti. Event ids that are associated: us2000dxti. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/04/18 / 2018-04-10 17:15:01 / April 10, 2018 @ 5:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -89.6356° West, 15.3418° North. 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).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Cobán (c. 53 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Jalapa (c. 45 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Chiquimula (c. 41 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Salamá (c. 40 000 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Zacapa (c. 36 100 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Panzós (c. 25 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Morales, Jalapa, Chisec.

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 one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 7 km SSE of Panzos, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.6356° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.3418° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km SSE of Panzos, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-10 17:15:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-10 22:30:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 247 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 0.827 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us2000dxti Id of event.
Event Code 2000dxti An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000dxti, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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