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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag was detected near Champerico in Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.3527S, -91.952WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 104 kilometers (65 miles) from Champerico in Guatemala. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.83 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000b9cc. Event ids that are associated: us6000b9cc. Exact location of event, depth 11.83 km, -91.952° West, 13.3527° North. The temblor was detected at 19:17:52 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/20 / 2020-08-04 19:17:52 / August 4, 2020 @ 7:17 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 118 km (73 miles) from Nueva Concepción (c. 11 100 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Champerico (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nueva Concepción, Champerico.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 104 km S of Champerico, Guatemala. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -91.952° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.3527° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 104 km S of Champerico, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-04 19:17:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-04 19:39:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 3.737 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 518 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 1.191 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us6000b9cc Id of event.
Event Code 6000b9cc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b9cc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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