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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Champerico in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.7969S, -91.9044WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. Global time and date of event 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 10:53:22 / November 30, 2024 @ 10:53 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 10:53:22 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.453 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000nv45. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nv45. Exact location of event, depth 33.453 km, -91.9044° West, 13.7969° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Asintal, San Sebastián, Cuyotenango (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tiquisate (c. 18 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Sebastián (c. 14 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cuyotenango (c. 10 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 54 km S of Champerico, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.9044° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.7969° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.453 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 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 2024-11-30 10:53:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-30 13:15:19 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 259 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.548 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us7000nv45 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nv45 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nv45, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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