Moderate earthquake 5.9 mag, 52 km SSW of La Gomera, Guatemala

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from La Gomera in Guatemala on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 31.22 km, -91.3137° West, 13.6896° North. The temblor was reported at 06:35:32 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/12/19 / 2019-12-19 12:35:32 / December 19, 2019 @ 12:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.22 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70006ng5. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006ng5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Escuintla (c. 103 200 pop), 120 km (75 miles) from Chimaltenango (c. 82 400 pop), 116 km (72 miles) from Amatitlán (c. 71 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (c. 62 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 115 km (72 miles) from Antigua Guatemala (c. 39 400 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Santiago Atitlán (c. 33 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chimaltenango, El Tejar, Flores Costa Cuca (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-91.3137° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	13.6896° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.22 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	52km SSW 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	2019-12-19 12:35:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-19 12:52:58	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	9	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.636	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	538	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	0.908	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.42 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	126	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us70006ng5	Id of event.
Event Code	70006ng5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006ng5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.9 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-91.3137° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

13.6896° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

31.22 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

52km SSW 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

2019-12-19 12:35:32

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-12-19 12:52:58

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

3.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.636

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

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

538

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.908

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.42 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

126

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us70006ng5

Id of event.

Event Code

70006ng5

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us70006ng5,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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