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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Champerico in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.5594S, -91.8388WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -91.8388 West, latitude 13.5594 North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was reported at 04:43:14 / 4:43 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/01/21 / 2021-01-15 04:43:14 / January 15, 2021 @ 4:43 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d2fd. Id of event: us7000d2fd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nueva Concepción, Champerico (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days sixty-one 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 81 km S of Champerico, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.8388° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.5594° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km S 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 04:43:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-22 23:15:36 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 284 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 0.969 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 235 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 us7000d2fd Id of event.
Event Code 7000d2fd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d2fd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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