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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Champerico in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.7195S, -91.9096WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/11/24 / 2024-11-08 18:15:58 / November 8, 2024 @ 6:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -91.9096° West, latitude 13.7195° North, depth = 29.012 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:15:58 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.012 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nqqj. Unique identifier: us7000nqqj.

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ocós, Tiquisate, Nueva Concepción (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-four 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km S of Champerico, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.9096° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7195° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.012 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km S of Champerico, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-08 18:15:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-08 22:07:19 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.59 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 213 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 us7000nqqj Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqqj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqqj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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