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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Nueva Concepción in Guatemala

Posted by admin on October 14, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.135S, -91.2206WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Nueva Concepción in Guatemala. Exact location of event, longitude -91.2206 West, latitude 14.135 North, depth = 110.985 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:10:23 / 1:10 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nykg. Unique identifier: us6000nykg. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/10/24 / 2024-10-14 13:10:23 / October 14, 2024 @ 1:10 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 110.985 km (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Raimundo, Santa Cruz Naranjo, San Miguel Sigüilá (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 11 km SE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.2206° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.135° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 110.985 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SE of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-14 13:10:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-14 13:39:39 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 326 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.804 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 187 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 us6000nykg Id of event.
Event Code 6000nykg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nykg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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