Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9

Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Nueva Concepcion in Guatemala

Posted by admin on July 2, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.7641S, -91.5936WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Nueva Concepcion in Guatemala on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 14:43:43 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000fv1p. Event ids that are associated: us2000fv1p. 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 38.5 km (24 miles). Exact location, longitude -91.5936° West, latitude 13.7641° North, depth = 38.5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 20:43:43 / July 2, 2018 @ 8:43 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Pablo Jocopilas (c. 20 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Felipe, El Asintal, Masagua (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

Did you feel the quake?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km SSW of Nueva Concepcion, Guatemala.

Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.5936° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7641° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57km SSW of Nueva Concepcion, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-02 20:43:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-02 21:05:12 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 298 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 0.762 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 185 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 us2000fv1p Id of event.
Event Code 2000fv1p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000fv1p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information

Information and facts about all earthquakes today. Earthquake news and analysis on current events, Plate Tectonics, Seismometers, quake prediction, environment, Tsunamis, Seismologists, Prediction, live now, videos, information, pictures and much more. Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today.

© 2024 Earthquakes today - Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today