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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Champerico in Guatemala


Earthquake location 14.3876S, -92.0033WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/24 / 2024-08-27 05:38:48 / August 27, 2024 @ 5:38 am. The temblor was detected at 05:38:48 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000nn0t. Event ids that are associated: us6000nn0t. Exact location, longitude -92.0033° West, latitude 14.3876° North, depth = 81.687 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 81.687 km (51 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cabricán, Totonicapán, Patulul (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop).

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

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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: 14 km NW of Champerico, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.0033° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3876° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 81.687 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km NW of Champerico, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-27 05:38:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-27 08:34:45 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 61 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.465 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 us6000nn0t Id of event.
Event Code 6000nn0t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nn0t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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