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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Nueva Concepción in Guatemala

Posted by admin on February 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.8471S, -91.6616WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Nueva Concepción in Guatemala on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:56:12 / 1:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 47.355 km, -91.6616° West, 13.8471° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 47.355 km (29 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbjy. Unique identifier: us7000pbjy. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 13:56:12 / February 5, 2025 @ 1:56 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ocós, Santo Tomás La Unión, Puerto San José. Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Pablo Jocopilas (c. 20 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.6616° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8471° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 47.355 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-05 13:56:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-08 09:31:45 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 272 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.716 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 182 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 us7000pbjy Id of event.
Event Code 7000pbjy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pbjy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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