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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Ocos in Guatemala


Earthquake location 14.4068S, -92.1279WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Ocos in Guatemala. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:25:49 / 9:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/19 / 2019-10-31 03:25:49 / October 31, 2019 @ 3:25 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us600068i2. Ids that are associated to the event: us600068i2. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -92.1279 West, latitude 14.4068 North, depth = 35 km.

Epicenter of the event was 57 km (36 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salcajá, Huixtla, San Carlos Sija. Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-two 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km SSE of Ocos, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.1279° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.4068° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km SSE 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 2019-10-31 03:25:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-26 00:39:36 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 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 0.435 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 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 us600068i2 Id of event.
Event Code 600068i2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600068i2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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