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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Champerico in Guatemala

Posted by admin on December 5, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14S, -91.8029WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us60006mf1. Event ids that are associated: us60006mf1. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:11:46 / 9:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/19 / 2019-12-05 15:11:46 / December 5, 2019 @ 3:11 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -91.8029° West, 14° North, depth 59.48 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 59.48 km (37 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Santiago Atitlán (c. 33 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Almolonga, Santa Clara La Laguna, San Pedro La Laguna (min 5000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 35 km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.8029° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km SSE of Champerico, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-05 15:11:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-05 19:48:38 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 0.531 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 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 us60006mf1 Id of event.
Event Code 60006mf1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006mf1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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