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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Iztapa in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.9142S, -90.7397WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000npt3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000npt3. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:37:56 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 83.52 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 04/11/24 / 2024-11-04 05:37:56 / November 4, 2024 @ 5:37 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -90.7397 West, latitude 13.9142 North, depth = 83.52 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Comalapa, Palencia, Chicacao (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Mixco (c. 473 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Petapa (c. 141 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Juan Sacatepéquez (c. 136 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Villa Canales (c. 122 200 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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.

Questions or comments?

How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 4 km WSW of Iztapa, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.7397° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9142° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 83.52 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km WSW of Iztapa, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-04 05:37:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-04 14:53:31 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 298 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 92 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.657 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000npt3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000npt3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000npt3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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