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Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 21 km S of Amapala, Honduras

Posted by admin on December 7, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.097S, -87.6406WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Amapala in Honduras. Exact location, longitude -87.6406° West, latitude 13.097° North, depth = 160.27 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/24 / 2024-12-07 09:06:13 / December 7, 2024 @ 9:06 am. The temblor was picked up at 09:06:13 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 160.27 km (100 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nwun. Id of event: us7000nwun.

Close country/countries, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ciudad Barrios, Puerto El Triunfo, Santiago de María (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km S of Amapala, Honduras. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.6406° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.097° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 160.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km S of Amapala, Honduras Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-07 09:06:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-07 09:20:04 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 369 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 88 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.76 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 125 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 us7000nwun Id of event.
Event Code 7000nwun An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nwun, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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