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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 47 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.498S, -90.8056WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -90.8056 West, latitude 13.498 North, depth = 63.721 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/10/24 / 2024-10-20 20:43:02 / October 20, 2024 @ 8:43 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.721 km (40 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:43:02 / 8:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nzx9. Id of event: us6000nzx9.

Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Escuintla, La Democracia, Chiquimulilla (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Masagua (c. 10 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Guazacapán (c. 7 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.8056° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.498° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.721 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-20 20:43:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-09 15:39:42 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 284 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.07 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 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 us6000nzx9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzx9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzx9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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