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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Champerico in Guatemala

Posted by admin on March 15, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 13.8942S, -92.2002WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. Event id: us6000pz2y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pz2y. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.352 km (18 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:00:24 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 29.352 km, -92.2002° West, 13.8942° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/03/25 / 2025-03-15 21:00:24 / March 15, 2025 @ 9:00 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Asintal, Retalhuleu, Flores Costa Cuca (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Brisas Barra de Suchiate (c. 13 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Flores Costa Cuca (c. 12 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ciudad Tecún Umán (c. 11 400 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Ocós (c. 9 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km SW of Champerico, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.2002° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.8942° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.352 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 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 2025-03-15 21:00:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-15 21:43:59 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 284 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.909 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 210 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 us6000pz2y Id of event.
Event Code 6000pz2y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pz2y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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