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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 40 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.789S, -91.2675WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 12:29:36 / May 11, 2018 @ 12:29 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -91.2675 West, latitude 13.789 North, depth = 51.5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.5 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:29:36 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000e2r2. Event ids that are associated: us1000e2r2.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Palín (c. 31 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from La Gomera (c. 24 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Chicacao (c. 20 400 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Andrés Villa Seca, San Francisco Zapotitlán, Palín (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 40 km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.2675° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.789° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40km SW of La Gomera, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-11 12:29:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-11 12:54:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.84 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 177 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 us1000e2r2 Id of event.
Event Code 1000e2r2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e2r2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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