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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Champerico in Guatemala

Posted by admin on April 19, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.0322S, -91.6981WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us2000dyus. Event ids that are associated: us2000dyus. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/18 / 2018-04-04 01:26:34 / April 4, 2018 @ 1:26 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 63.16 km (39 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:26:34 / 7:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -91.6981 West, latitude 14.0322 North, depth = 63.16 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ostuncalco, Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán, Concepción Chiquirichapa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Santiago Atitlán (c. 33 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km SE of Champerico, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.6981° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0322° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km SE 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 2018-04-04 01:26:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-19 04:57:40 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 284 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 0.489 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 194 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 us2000dyus Id of event.
Event Code 2000dyus An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000dyus, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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