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Strong earthquake, 6.2 mag strikes near Jalapa in Guatemala

Posted by admin on July 21, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.5566S, -89.9665WA earthquake with magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Jalapa in Guatemala. The temblor was reported at 02:53:48 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/07/24 / 2024-07-21 02:53:48 / July 21, 2024 @ 2:53 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000n0ka. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0ka. Exact location of earthquake, -89.9665° West, 14.5566° North, depth 260.714 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 260.714 km (162 miles).

The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 123 km (76 miles) from Santa Tecla (c. 124 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cuscatancingo, Santa Tecla, Suchitoto (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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 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: 8 km SSE of Jalapa, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.9665° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.5566° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 260.714 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SSE of Jalapa, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-21 02:53:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-21 03:12:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.349 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 593 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 81 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.515 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n0ka Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0ka An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0ka, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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