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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near La Gomera in Guatemala

Posted by admin on July 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.5532S, -91.2703WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala. Exact location of event, longitude -91.2703 West, latitude 13.5532 North, depth = 38.254 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:30:44 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000n0s0. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n0s0. 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 38.254 km (24 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/07/24 / 2024-07-22 04:30:44 / July 22, 2024 @ 4:30 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Masagua, La Democracia (min 5000 pop).

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 eleven 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.2703° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.5532° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.254 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 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 2024-07-22 04:30:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-22 23:29:37 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 259 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.039 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 182 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 us7000n0s0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0s0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0s0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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