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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 77 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala


Earthquake location 13.2278S, -90.9094WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Puerto San José in Guatemala. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.22 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 46.22 km, -90.9094° West, 13.2278° North. Global time and date of event 02/01/21 / 2021-01-02 17:03:22 / January 2, 2021 @ 5:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:03:22 / 5:03 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d525. Id of event: us6000d525.

Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Puerto San José (c. 18 700 pop). Nearby 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 Puerto San José.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine 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.

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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. 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: 77 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.9094° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 13.2278° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 77 km S of Puerto San José, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-02 17:03:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-02 17:48:12 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 284 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 1.497 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 190 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 us6000d525 Id of event.
Event Code 6000d525 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d525, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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