Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Nueva Concepcion in Guatemala

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Nueva Concepcion in Guatemala. The temblor was detected at 00:59:17 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -91.4156 West, latitude 13.6911 North, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/19 / 2019-09-15 06:59:17 / September 15, 2019 @ 6:59 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us70005glk. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005glk.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santiago Atitlán, El Asintal, Nuevo San Carlos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Santiago Atitlán (c. 33 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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.

Chicacao El Asintal Escuintla Guatemala La Gomera Mazatenango Nueva Concepcion Nuevo San Carlos Retalhuleu Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa Santiago Atitlán

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-91.4156° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.6911° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 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	2019-09-15 06:59:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-09-15 07:20:50	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	416	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	0.871	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.35 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	83	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us70005glk	Id of event.
Event Code	70005glk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70005glk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-91.4156° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.6911° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

35 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

2019-09-15 06:59:17

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-09-15 07:20:50

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

2.7

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

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

416

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.871

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.35 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us70005glk

Id of event.

Event Code

70005glk

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us70005glk,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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