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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Puerto San Jose in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.1002S, -90.7811WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 91 km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala (57 miles). Event id: us1000g5cw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g5cw. The temblor was picked up at 04:31:04 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/18 / 2018-08-04 10:31:04 / August 4, 2018 @ 10:31 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -90.7811° West, 13.1002° North, depth 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 91 km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.7811° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.1002° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91km S of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-04 10:31:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-31 06:22:34 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 259 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 1.616 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 210 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 us1000g5cw Id of event.
Event Code 1000g5cw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g5cw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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