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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 3 km SSE of Uspantán, Guatemala

Posted by admin on October 11, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.32S, -90.8582WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Uspantán in Guatemala. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.767 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000ny2n. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ny2n. Exact location of earthquake, -90.8582° West, 15.32° North, depth 4.767 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/24 / 2024-10-11 13:27:52 / October 11, 2024 @ 1:27 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:27:52 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Chinautla (c. 97 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villa Nueva, San Mateo, Sanarate (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 3 km SSE of Uspantán, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.8582° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.32° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.767 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km SSE of Uspantán, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-11 13:27:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-11 13:50:25 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 271 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.684 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ny2n Id of event.
Event Code 6000ny2n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ny2n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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