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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Puerto San José in Guatemala

Posted by admin on September 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.2511S, -90.909WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala. Id of earthquake: us7000nha6. Event ids that are associated: us7000nha6. The temblor was picked up at 17:38:33 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/09/24 / 2024-09-30 17:38:33 / September 30, 2024 @ 5:38 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.195 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.909 West, latitude 13.2511 North, depth = 41.195 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Gomera, Puerto San José.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 75 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.909° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.2511° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.195 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75 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 2024-09-30 17:38:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-30 20:07:55 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 326 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.274 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us7000nha6 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nha6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nha6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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