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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Río Bravo in Guatemala

Posted by admin on February 9, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.3471S, -91.35WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Río Bravo in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 62.15 km (39 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:08:20 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000dfy6. Event ids that are associated: us6000dfy6. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/21 / 2021-02-09 13:08:20 / February 9, 2021 @ 1:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -91.35° West, 14.3471° North, depth 62.15 km.

Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comitancillo, Villa Canales, Huitán (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km SSW of Río Bravo, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.35° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3471° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 62.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SSW of Río Bravo, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-09 13:08:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-09 14:28:41 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 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 259 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 0.377 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us6000dfy6 Id of event.
Event Code 6000dfy6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dfy6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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