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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Nueva Concepción in Guatemala

Posted by admin on August 22, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.0943S, -91.3864WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nueva Concepción in Guatemala. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 03:57:09 / August 22, 2024 @ 3:57 am. Exact location, longitude -91.3864° West, latitude 14.0943° North, depth = 91.794 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:57:09 / 3:57 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000n8pd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8pd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.794 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Chimaltenango (c. 82 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sumpango, Santa Lucía Milpas Altas, San Miguel Sigüilá (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 14 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.3864° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.0943° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 91.794 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-22 03:57:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-22 04:10:45 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 284 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 80 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.965 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 203 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 us7000n8pd Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8pd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8pd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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