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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 19 km NNE of Chajul, Guatemala


Earthquake location 15.6507S, -90.9774WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Chajul in Guatemala. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 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 picked up at 18:55:10 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -90.9774° West, latitude 15.6507° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000491e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000491e. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 00:55:10 / July 3, 2019 @ 12:55 am.

Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Carlos Sija, Nahualá, Purulhá (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cobán (c. 53 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Salamá (c. 40 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Jacaltenango (c. 34 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven 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 quakes 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. 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: 19 km NNE of Chajul, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.9774° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.6507° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km NNE of Chajul, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-03 00:55:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-03 01:44:09 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 312 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 0.604 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us7000491e Id of event.
Event Code 7000491e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000491e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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