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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 33 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala

Posted by admin on November 8, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.8292S, -91.2238WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000cbz0. Id of event: us7000cbz0. The temblor was detected at 01:23:27 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -91.2238 West, latitude 13.8292 North, depth = 68.13 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/11/20 / 2020-11-08 01:23:27 / November 8, 2020 @ 1:23 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 68.13 km (42 miles).

Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe, San Pedro La Laguna, Patzicía. Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Santiago Atitlán (c. 33 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Palín (c. 31 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ciudad Vieja (c. 30 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 33 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.2238° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8292° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km 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 2020-11-08 01:23:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-08 01:43:24 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 312 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 0.828 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.35 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 152 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 us7000cbz0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000cbz0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cbz0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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