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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Retalhuleu in Guatemala


Earthquake location 14.4857S, -91.8084WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (mg/mb) was reported Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Retalhuleu in Guatemala. The temblor was reported at 14:05:45 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 94.09 km (58 miles). Global time of event 18/05/15 / 2015-05-18 20:05:45 / May 18, 2015 @ 8:05 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -91.8084 West, latitude 14.4857 North, depth 94.09 km, unique identifier, us10002aah. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us10002aah,.

Close countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Chichicastenango (c. 79 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Huehuetenango (c. 79 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Totonicapán (c. 69 700 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Francisco El Alto (c. 54 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Andrés Itzapa, San José Poaquil, Chiantla.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.8084° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4857° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km WSW of Retalhuleu, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-18 20:05:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-18 20:22:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 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 403 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.878 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us10002aah Id of event.
Event Code 10002aah An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10002aah, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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