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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Iztapa in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.3995S, -90.6927WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/09/24 / 2024-09-06 15:52:39 / September 6, 2024 @ 3:52 pm. Exact location, longitude -90.6927° West, latitude 13.3995° North, depth = 57.261 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.261 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nq33. Id of event: us6000nq33. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:52:39 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Acajutla (c. 22 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Moyuta (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Concepción de Ataco, Escuintla, Tacuba (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 59 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.6927° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.3995° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.261 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-06 15:52:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-06 16:12:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 400 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 138 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.018 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us6000nq33 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nq33 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nq33, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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