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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Guanagazapa in Guatemala


Earthquake location 14.2908S, -90.5619WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Guanagazapa in Guatemala. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:32:26 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/06/24 / 2024-06-24 04:32:26 / June 24, 2024 @ 4:32 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 143.732 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -90.5619° West, 14.2908° North, depth 143.732 km. 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: us7000mu7v. Unique identifier: us7000mu7v.

Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chichicastenango, San Jerónimo, Zacualpa (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km NE of Guanagazapa, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.5619° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.2908° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 143.732 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km NE of Guanagazapa, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-24 04:32:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-24 04:49:16 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 271 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.248 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us7000mu7v Id of event.
Event Code 7000mu7v An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mu7v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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