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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near El Adelanto in Guatemala


Earthquake location 14.1601S, -89.8672WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from El Adelanto in Guatemala on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 01:52:46 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 07:52:46 / November 24, 2015 @ 7:52 am. Event id: us100040mu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100040mu. The epicenter was at a depth of 164.06 km (102 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -89.8672 West, latitude 14.1601 North, depth = 164.06 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Guatemala City (c. 994 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Salvador (c. 526 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Villa Nueva (c. 406 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Soyapango (c. 329 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 176 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Mejicanos (c. 160 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Suchitoto, San Pedro Ayampuc, Palín.

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

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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. 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: 3 km WSW of El Adelanto, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.8672° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.1601° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 164.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km WSW of El Adelanto, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-24 07:52:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-24 08:09:04 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 298 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 0.545 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 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 us100040mu Id of event.
Event Code 100040mu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100040mu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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