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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Santa Bárbara in Guatemala

Posted by admin on October 11, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.3869S, -91.218WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Santa Bárbara in Guatemala. 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 108.02 km (67 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/24 / 2024-10-11 18:28:38 / October 11, 2024 @ 6:28 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:28:38 / 6:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000ny5a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ny5a. Exact location of event, depth 108.02 km, -91.218° West, 14.3869° North.

Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Huitán, San Marcos, San José Pinula. The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop).

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 four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km S of Santa Bárbara, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.218° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3869° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 108.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km S of Santa Bárbara, 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 18:28:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-11 21:02:47 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 246 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 0.712 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 168 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 us6000ny5a Id of event.
Event Code 6000ny5a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ny5a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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