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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Iztapa in Guatemala

Posted by admin on June 25, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.6868S, -90.7033WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.28 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:20:00 / 11:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/06/18 / 2018-06-25 05:20:00 / June 25, 2018 @ 5:20 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -90.7033° West, 13.6868° North, depth 51.28 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000f0tn. Id of event: us1000f0tn.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antigua Guatemala, Tiquisate, Ahuachapán. Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Amatitlán (c. 71 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Antigua Guatemala (c. 39 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 27 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.7033° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.6868° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km S of Iztapa, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-25 05:20:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-25 05:35:24 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 326 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 1.43 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 162 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 us1000f0tn Id of event.
Event Code 1000f0tn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000f0tn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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