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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Nueva Concepcion in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.9076S, -91.447WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Nueva Concepcion in Guatemala. Id of earthquake: us1000emv1. Event ids that are associated: us1000emv1. Exact location of earthquake, -91.447° West, 13.9076° North, depth 60.23 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/18 / 2018-06-10 19:43:34 / June 10, 2018 @ 7:43 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.23 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:43:34 / 1:43 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Flores Costa Cuca, San Pablo La Laguna, Santa Clara La Laguna (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Santiago Atitlán (c. 33 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 36 km SSW of Nueva Concepcion, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.447° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9076° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km 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 2018-06-10 19:43:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-08 15:25:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 0.658 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us1000emv1 Id of event.
Event Code 1000emv1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000emv1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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