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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near San Bernardino in Guatemala

Posted by admin on October 14, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.5575S, -91.4472WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from San Bernardino in Guatemala on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 22:43:06 / September 16, 2024 @ 10:43 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 133.649 km (83 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 event, depth 133.649 km, -91.4472° West, 14.5575° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nec9. Id of event: us7000nec9. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:43:06 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Amatitlán, Sacapulas, Chiantla. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Chimaltenango (c. 82 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop).

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

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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: 2 km NE of San Bernardino, 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 -91.4472° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.5575° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.649 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NE of San Bernardino, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-16 22:43:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-14 03:21:02 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.92 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 158 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 us7000nec9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nec9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nec9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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