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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Tiquisate in Guatemala

Posted by admin on June 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.2368S, -91.6316WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Tiquisate in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000mtvs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mtvs. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:38:03 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.533 km (41 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -91.6316 West, latitude 14.2368 North, depth = 66.533 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 00:38:03 / June 22, 2024 @ 12:38 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Huitán, San Miguel Dueñas, Chichicastenango. Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km W of Tiquisate, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.6316° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.2368° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 66.533 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km W of Tiquisate, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-22 00:38:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-22 01:36:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 312 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.329 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 us7000mtvs Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtvs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtvs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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