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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Ocós in Guatemala

Posted by admin on September 22, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.4697S, -92.006WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ocós in Guatemala. The epicenter was at a depth of 77.62 km (48 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/09/20 / 2020-09-22 22:56:36 / September 22, 2020 @ 10:56 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:56:36 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -92.006° West, latitude 14.4697° North, depth = 77.62 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000bzvq. Id of event: us6000bzvq.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Panajachel, Santa María Chiquimula, Sololá (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Sololá (c. 45 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km ESE of Ocós, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.006° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4697° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km ESE of Ocós, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-22 22:56:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-22 23:28:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.9 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 340 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 0.306 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us6000bzvq Id of event.
Event Code 6000bzvq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bzvq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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