Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag was detected near Champerico in Guatemala

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000d0d0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d0d0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:10:51 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -92.0934° West, latitude 13.9032° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/21 / 2021-01-15 16:10:51 / January 15, 2021 @ 4:10 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quetzaltenango, San Mateo, Almolonga (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 113 km (70 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 121 km (75 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Ostuncalco (c. 28 900 pop), 114 km (71 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-92.0934° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.9032° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	47 km SSW 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	2021-01-15 16:10:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-01-15 16:30:41	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.111	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	538	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	0.728	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.33 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	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000d0d0	Id of event.
Event Code	7000d0d0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000d0d0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-92.0934° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.9032° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

47 km SSW 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

2021-01-15 16:10:51

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-01-15 16:30:41

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

4.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.111

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

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

538

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.728

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.33 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

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us7000d0d0

Id of event.

Event Code

7000d0d0

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us7000d0d0,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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