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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Ocos in Guatemala

Posted by admin on June 6, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 14.3371S, -92.1094WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Ocos in Guatemala. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200062ac. Id of event: us200062ac. Global time and date of event 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 04:11:02 / June 6, 2016 @ 4:11 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 22:11:02 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 64.8 km, -92.1094° West, 14.3371° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 64.8 km (40 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Guatemala (c. 13 550 000 pop), Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Tapachula (c. 198 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Quetzaltenango (c. 132 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Coatepeque (c. 45 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mazatenango (c. 44 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Pedro Sacatepéquez (c. 40 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Retalhuleu (c. 36 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salcajá, Comitancillo, San Andrés Xecul (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km SSE of Ocos, Guatemala.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -92.1094° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.3371° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 64.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km SSE of Ocos, Guatemala Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-06 04:11:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-06 05:05:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 285 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 0.442 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 167 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 us200062ac Id of event.
Event Code 200062ac An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us200062ac, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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