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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Champerico in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.8253S, -92.3632WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:28:50 / 4:28 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us6000d5fe. Id of event: us6000d5fe. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/20 / 2020-12-21 16:28:50 / December 21, 2020 @ 4:28 pm. Exact location of event, depth 7.38 km, -92.3632° West, 13.8253° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.38 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Ocós, Champerico (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 71 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.3632° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8253° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-21 16:28:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-04 19:16:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 298 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 0.95 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 245 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 us6000d5fe Id of event.
Event Code 6000d5fe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d5fe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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