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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Nueva Concepción in Guatemala

Posted by admin on January 24, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.6802S, -91.5287WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Nueva Concepción in Guatemala on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -91.5287° West, 13.6802° North, depth 53.85 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:18:09 / 4:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/01/21 / 2021-01-15 16:18:09 / January 15, 2021 @ 4:18 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000d2fv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d2fv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.85 km (33 miles).

Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Patulul (c. 14 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Santa Bárbara (c. 12 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Masagua, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Patulul (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.5287° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.6802° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 53.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km SSW of Nueva Concepción, 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 16:18:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-24 15:35:03 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 0.854 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 209 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 us7000d2fv Id of event.
Event Code 7000d2fv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d2fv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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