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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Wawina in Honduras


Earthquake location 15.2141S, -84.3349WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Wawina in Honduras on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.93 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/20 / 2020-12-15 20:11:19 / December 15, 2020 @ 8:11 pm. Event id: us7000crbr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000crbr. The temblor was picked up at 20:11:19 / 8:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -84.3349° West, latitude 15.2141° North, depth = 16.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Honduras (c. 7 989 000 pop), Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Waspam (c. 6 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Puerto Lempira (c. 4 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waspam, Puerto Lempira (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km SSE of Wawina, Honduras. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -84.3349° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.2141° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km SSE of Wawina, Honduras Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-15 20:11:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-15 22:44:06 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 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 271 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 1.485 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 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 us7000crbr Id of event.
Event Code 7000crbr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000crbr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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