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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near La Gomera in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.7179S, -91.2142WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.322 km (37 miles). Unique identifier: us6000nxhj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nxhj. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -91.2142 West, latitude 13.7179 North, depth = 59.322 km. The temblor was detected at 09:20:20 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/24 / 2024-10-09 09:20:20 / October 9, 2024 @ 9:20 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio Suchitepéquez, Yepocapa, Chicacao (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 43 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.2142° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7179° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.322 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-09 09:20:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-09 09:38:56 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.067 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 195 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 us6000nxhj Id of event.
Event Code 6000nxhj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nxhj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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