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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Puerto San José in Guatemala

Posted by admin on October 3, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.3562S, -90.9403WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala on Monday. The temblor was reported at 18:16:23 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/09/24 / 2024-09-30 18:16:23 / September 30, 2024 @ 6:16 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nhag. Id of event: us7000nhag. Exact location, longitude -90.9403° West, latitude 13.3562° North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Gomera, Puerto San José (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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. 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: 64 km SSW of Puerto San José, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.9403° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.3562° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64 km SSW 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 18:16:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-03 17:44:59 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.245 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 us7000nhag Id of event.
Event Code 7000nhag An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nhag, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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