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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Puerto San José in Guatemala

Posted by admin on May 20, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.8163S, -90.9175WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala. Exact location, longitude -90.9175° West, latitude 13.8163° North, depth = 85.264 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/24 / 2024-05-09 01:07:43 / May 9, 2024 @ 1:07 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:07:43 / 1:07 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 85.264 km (53 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxc2. Unique identifier: us6000mxc2.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zaragoza, San Lucas Sacatepéquez, Santa Rosa de Lima. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Amatitlán (c. 71 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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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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. 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: 16 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.9175° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8163° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 85.264 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km SW of Puerto San José, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-09 01:07:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-09 02:13:46 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 2.7 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 285 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 84 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.82 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 199 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 us6000mxc2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxc2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxc2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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