Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Guanagazapa in Guatemala

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Guanagazapa in Guatemala. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:32:56 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 02:32:56 / June 18, 2018 @ 2:32 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 99.65 km (62 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000eu39. Event ids that are associated: us1000eu39. Exact location of event, depth 99.65 km, -90.6701° West, 14.178° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Chinautla (c. 97 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sonsonate, Almolonga, San Sebastián (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-90.6701° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	14.178° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	99.65 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km SSW of Guanagazapa, Guatemala	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-06-18 02:32:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-06-18 02:56:27	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	136	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.06	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	556	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	1.288	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	120	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us1000eu39	Id of event.
Event Code	1000eu39	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000eu39,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-90.6701° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

14.178° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

99.65 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5km SSW of Guanagazapa, Guatemala

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2018-06-18 02:32:56

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2018-06-18 02:56:27

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-360

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

136

The total number of felt reports

CDI

5.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.06

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

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

556

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.288

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

120

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us1000eu39

Id of event.

Event Code

1000eu39

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us1000eu39,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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