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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Nuevo San Carlos in Guatemala

Posted by admin on October 12, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.6237S, -91.6601WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos in Guatemala on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 06:06:56 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/10/20 / 2020-10-12 06:06:56 / October 12, 2020 @ 6:06 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c7q4. Id of event: us6000c7q4. Exact location, longitude -91.6601° West, latitude 14.6237° North, depth = 100.49 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100.49 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Chimaltenango (c. 82 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santiago Sacatepéquez, Santa Lucía Milpas Altas, San Bartolomé Milpas Altas.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 4 km NE of Nuevo San Carlos, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.6601° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.6237° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 100.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NE of Nuevo San Carlos, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-12 06:06:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-12 06:18:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 400 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 0.104 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 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 us6000c7q4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000c7q4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c7q4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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