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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Puerto San José in Guatemala

Posted by admin on September 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.5406S, -90.8769WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.782 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -90.8769° West, 13.5406° North, depth 23.782 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ntv4. Id of event: us6000ntv4. The temblor was reported at 14:37:49 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 14:37:49 / September 23, 2024 @ 2:37 pm.

Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Nueva Concepción, Escuintla (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.8769° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.5406° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.782 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-23 14:37:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-23 15:06:18 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.052 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 230 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 us6000ntv4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ntv4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntv4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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