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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Amapala in Honduras


Earthquake location 13.2549S, -87.7317WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Amapala in Honduras. Event id: us70008sc0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008sc0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.7317 West, latitude 13.2549 North, depth = 170.43 km. The temblor was reported at 06:11:18 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 170.43 km (106 miles). Global time and date of event 09/04/20 / 2020-04-09 12:11:18 / April 9, 2020 @ 12:11 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from San Miguel (c. 161 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ciudad Choluteca (c. 75 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Usulután (c. 51 900 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from San Lorenzo (c. 22 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chinandega, Somotillo, Jiquilisco. Close country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop).

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

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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 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: 9 km WSW of Amapala, Honduras.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.7317° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.2549° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 170.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km WSW of Amapala, Honduras Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-09 12:11:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-09 12:28:53 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 326 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 0.887 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us70008sc0 Id of event.
Event Code 70008sc0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008sc0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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