6.8 Quake off the coast of Guatemala

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.8
Date-Time
22 Jun 2017 12:31:04 UTC
22 Jun 2017 06:31:04 near epicenter
22 Jun 2017 04:31:04 standard time in your timezone
Location 13.753N 90.949W
Depth 46 km
Distances
64 km (40 miles) SSW (197 degrees) of Escuintla, Escuintla, Guatemala
65 km (40 miles) S (174 degrees) of Santa Luc�a Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla, Guatemala
88 km (55 miles) SSW (203 degrees) of Amatitl�n, Guatemala, Guatemala
95 km (59 miles) SSW (204 degrees) of Villa Nueva, Guatemala, Guatemala
108 km (67 miles) SSW (205 degrees) of GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 6.2 km; Vertical 4.7 km
Parameters Nph = 112; Dmin = 117.2 km; Rmss = 1.43 seconds; Gp = 76°
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Event ID us 20009p1a

USGS

Some damage reported , no casualties

(CNN)A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Thursday off Guatemala's Pacific coast, the US Geological Survey reported, causing some minor damage.

The quake was recorded at about 24 miles (38 kilometers) from the city of Puerto San Jose, according to the USGS.
One of the areas that suffered damage was Antigua Guatemala, the onetime colonial capital of Guatemala and a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, according to CONRED, the country's emergency management system.

CNN

A major earthquake struck off the coast of Guatemala on Thursday, damaging buildings and downing trees as well as causing powerful tremors in neighboring El Salvador. There were no reports of casualties.

Reuters

No tsunami warning issued for the pacific coastlines or Hawaii

a reply to: violet

That's a pretty good sized shake.

Good idea to keep an eye on the area and see what the aftershocks do.

This is 8 days after a 6.9 hit the same area

On June 14, a magnitude 6.9 tremor hit Guatemala and southern Mexico, leaving five people dead, causing power outages and knocking down homes.

Source


Looks to be fairly active there right now

Yesterday's thread that was removed was a premonition of this event. It is just not in California as that mistake said it was.

a reply to: rickymouse

I made sure to double check my details this time!

I was thinking the same though.

originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: violet

That's a pretty good sized shake.

Good idea to keep an eye on the area and see what the aftershocks do.

it's been 8 hours now. Hardly any aftershocks, only a 4.3 2 hours after. Weird, doesn't feel right.

a reply to: chrismir

That might be some small cause for concern, but if I recall correctly there are some ares which don't follow the normal aftershock progression; in other words, there aren't as many aftershocks as there are in other areas. That could be what we are seeing here.

It's been a while since I've been heavily involved in these kinds of threads, so you might want to take this with a modicum of salt and wait for some of our more experienced quake watchers to weigh in.



Also keep in mind that we may not be getting the full picture. Depending on what network you are looking to, they might not be listing anything under a certain magnitude.

a reply to: jadedANDcynical
Can't find anything else but a 4.3
Guatemala's latest earthquakes

a reply to: violet

Something to keep in mind about that site:

All Earthquake Data Courtesy USGS

You may have site configured to show everything down to 2.0+, but if they don't have the data (and since they're getting it from USGS, they won't), they won't show the quakes. Make note that nothing below M4.0 shows up at all on that site.

If you want, download GEE and configure it to read the stations at this site, GI: Red Sismologica Nacional- Guatemala

That should give a more accurate idea as to what activity is taking place below the M4.0 threshold.

originally posted by: violet
a reply to: jadedANDcynical
Can't find anything else but a 4.3
Guatemala's latest earthquakes

USGS is reporting 6.8.
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Still no significant aftershocks, unless they occurring elsewhere, close by. There's been a couple of 4's in southern Mexico near Guatemala, following this quake.