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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Ocós in Guatemala

Posted by admin on December 11, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.38S, -92.0893WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Ocós in Guatemala on Wednesday. Event id: us7000nxtz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxtz. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/12/24 / 2024-12-11 11:07:39 / December 11, 2024 @ 11:07 am. The temblor was detected at 11:07:39 / 11:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -92.0893° West, 14.38° North, depth 60.445 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.445 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Clara La Laguna, Santa Bárbara, Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán. Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 18 km SE of Ocós, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.0893° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.38° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 60.445 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km SE 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 2024-12-11 11:07:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-11 11:57:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 285 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.546 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 220 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 us7000nxtz Id of event.
Event Code 7000nxtz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nxtz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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