Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near La Gomera in Guatemala

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 09:20:53 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/02/21 / 2021-02-14 09:20:53 / February 14, 2021 @ 9:20 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000dhkh. Unique identifier: us6000dhkh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -91.3539° West, latitude 13.623° North, depth = 35 km.

The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cuyotenango, Mazatenango, San Bernardino. Nearby 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 four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 60 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-91.3539° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.623° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	60 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-14 09:20:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-14 09:43:15	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	401	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	0.955	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	78	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	us6000dhkh	Id of event.
Event Code	6000dhkh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000dhkh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.1 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-91.3539° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.623° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

35 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

60 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2021-02-14 09:20:53

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-02-14 09:43:15

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

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

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

401

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

0.955

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

Root Mean Square

1.18 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000dhkh

Id of event.

Event Code

6000dhkh

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

Event IDS

,us6000dhkh,

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

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