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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Ocos in Guatemala


Earthquake location 14.123S, -92.2916WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ocos in Guatemala on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 01/03/16 / 2016-03-01 18:12:27 / March 1, 2016 @ 6:12 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 12:12:27 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10004tvh. Event ids that are associated: us10004tvh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.6 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -92.2916 West, latitude 14.123 North, depth = 24.6 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe, Tuxtla Chico, El Tumbador (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Nuevo San Carlos (c. 19 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Colomba (c. 19 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Malacatán (c. 14 900 pop).

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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 44 km SSW of Ocos, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.2916° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.123° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km SSW of Ocos, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-03-01 18:12:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-01 21:53:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 271 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 0.702 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 178 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 us10004tvh Id of event.
Event Code 10004tvh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004tvh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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