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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near La Gomera in Guatemala

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 42.35 km, -91.2698° West, 13.6159° North. Event id: us700098yj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700098yj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/05/20 / 2020-05-02 19:30:04 / May 2, 2020 @ 7:30 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:30:04 / 1:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.35 km (26 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Bárbara, Patulul, Río Bravo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Patulul (c. 14 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Santa Bárbara (c. 12 900 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 56 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala.

Guatemala La Gomera Patulul Puerto San Jose Río Bravo Santa Barbara Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa Tiquisate

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-91.2698° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.6159° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	42.35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-05-02 19:30:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-02 21:30:18	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	259	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	0.993	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.08 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	177	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	us700098yj	Id of event.
Event Code	700098yj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us700098yj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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