Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Amapala in Honduras

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Amapala in Honduras. Event id: us70008sc0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008sc0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.7317 West, latitude 13.2549 North, depth = 170.43 km. The temblor was reported at 06:11:18 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 170.43 km (106 miles). Global time and date of event 09/04/20 / 2020-04-09 12:11:18 / April 9, 2020 @ 12:11 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from San Lorenzo (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chinandega, Somotillo, Jiquilisco. Close country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 9 km WSW of Amapala, Honduras.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-87.7317° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.2549° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	170.43 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km WSW of Amapala, Honduras	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-04-09 12:11:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-04-09 12:28:53	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	326	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	0.887	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	133	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	us70008sc0	Id of event.
Event Code	70008sc0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70008sc0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-87.7317° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.2549° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

170.43 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

9km WSW of Amapala, Honduras

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-04-09 12:11:18

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-04-09 12:28:53

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

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

326

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

0.887

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

Root Mean Square

1 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

133

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

Magnitude Type

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us70008sc0

Id of event.

Event Code

70008sc0

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

Event IDS

,us70008sc0,

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

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