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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Génova in Guatemala

Posted by admin on December 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.5297S, -91.8573WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Génova in Guatemala. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80.114 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000nzgc. Event ids that are associated: us7000nzgc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 04:22:26 / December 17, 2024 @ 4:22 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:22:26 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 80.114 km, -91.8573° West, 14.5297° North.

Epicenter of the event was 60 km (38 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chichicastenango, Tacaná, Santa María Chiquimula.

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

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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 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: 10 km SSW of Génova, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.8573° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.5297° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80.114 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km SSW of Génova, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-17 04:22:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-17 15:16:15 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 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.292 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 174 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 us7000nzgc Id of event.
Event Code 7000nzgc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nzgc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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