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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag strikes near Champerico in Guatemala

Posted by admin on February 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.9448S, -92.361WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 20:47:31 / February 16, 2025 @ 8:47 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pe58. Id of event: us7000pe58. Exact location, longitude -92.361° West, latitude 13.9448° North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was detected at 20:47:31 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mazatán, Nuevo San Carlos, Coatepeque. Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Flores Costa Cuca (c. 12 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Puerto Madero (c. 9 700 pop).

Each 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 one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 61 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.361° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.9448° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km SW 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 2025-02-16 20:47:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-16 21:05:12 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 65 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.991 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pe58 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pe58 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pe58, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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