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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Jalpatagua in Guatemala

Posted by admin on October 19, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.1734S, -90.0617WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Jalpatagua in Guatemala on Saturday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:33:54 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -90.0617 West, latitude 14.1734 North, depth = 174.59 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 174.59 km (108 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70005w1e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005w1e. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/10/19 / 2019-10-19 18:33:54 / October 19, 2019 @ 6:33 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Parramos, Sumpango, Chiquimula.

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 twenty-two 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 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km WNW of Jalpatagua, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.0617° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.1734° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 174.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km WNW of Jalpatagua, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-10-19 18:33:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-19 19:49:33 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 0.715 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us70005w1e Id of event.
Event Code 70005w1e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005w1e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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