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Moderate earthquake: M5.8 quake has struck near Ocos in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.8132S, -92.7921WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Ocos in Guatemala on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -92.7921 West, latitude 13.8132 North, depth = 10 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 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006q68. Id of event: us70006q68. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/19 / 2019-12-23 15:47:56 / December 23, 2019 @ 3:47 pm. The temblor was reported at 09:47:56 / 9:47 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 109 km (67 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ciudad Tecún Umán, Champerico, Puerto Madero (min 5000 pop).

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

Questions or comments?

How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 100 km SW of Ocos, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.7921° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8132° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 100km SW of Ocos, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-23 15:47:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-23 16:09:41 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 3.624 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 518 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 1.277 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 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 mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70006q68 Id of event.
Event Code 70006q68 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006q68, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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