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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Iztapa in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.3666S, -90.6925WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Iztapa in Guatemala. Exact location of event, longitude -90.6925 West, latitude 13.3666 North, depth = 45.03 km. The temblor was reported at 21:18:25 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100032bf. Unique identifier: us100032bf. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/07/15 / 2015-07-27 03:18:25 / July 27, 2015 @ 3:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.03 km (28 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Chiquimulilla (c. 12 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Guazacapán (c. 7 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Taxisco (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Gomera, Chiquimulilla, Guazacapán (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifty-four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 62 km S of Iztapa, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.6925° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.3666° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62km S of Iztapa, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-27 03:18:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-18 00:37:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 246 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 1.456 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 166 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 us100032bf Id of event.
Event Code 100032bf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100032bf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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