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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 17 km SSW of Santo Domingo Suchitepequez, Guatemala

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Earthquake location 14.3311S, -91.5715WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Santo Domingo Suchitepequez in Guatemala on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -91.5715 West, latitude 14.3311 North, depth = 75.63 km. The temblor was detected at 11:45:56 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hqlt. Event ids that are associated: us1000hqlt. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 75.63 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 17:45:56 / November 11, 2018 @ 5:45 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Tejar, Santa Cruz del Quiché, Ciudad Vieja (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chimaltenango (c. 82 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km SSW of Santo Domingo Suchitepequez, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.5715° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3311° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km SSW of Santo Domingo Suchitepequez, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-11 17:45:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-10 15:27:29 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 259 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 0.226 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 169 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 us1000hqlt Id of event.
Event Code 1000hqlt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hqlt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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