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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Ocós in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.7815S, -92.616WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Ocós in Guatemala. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.23 km (7 miles). Global time and date of event 25/11/24 / 2024-11-25 23:56:28 / November 25, 2024 @ 11:56 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:56:28 / 11:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000nu5z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nu5z. Exact location of event, longitude -92.616 West, latitude 13.7815 North, depth = 11.23 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Champerico, Brisas Barra de Suchiate, Ocós (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 92 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.616° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7815° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92 km SSW of Ocós, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-25 23:56:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-26 00:12:28 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 340 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.742 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000nu5z Id of event.
Event Code 7000nu5z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nu5z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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