Guatemala: 2 back-to-back Earthquakes hit within minutes of each other - 5.1 and 5.0 magnitude

US Geological Survey
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:26 UTC

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Date-Time:
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 13:31:11 UTC

Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 07:31:11 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
14.729°N, 91.858°W

Depth:
96.6 km (60.0 miles)

Region:
GUATEMALA

Distances:
38 km (23 miles) WSW of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

47 km (29 miles) ESE of Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico

144 km (89 miles) W of GUATEMALA, Guatemala

935 km (580 miles) ESE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 20 km (12.4 miles); depth +/- 11.6 km (7.2 miles)

Parameters:
NST=272, Nph=273, Dmin=174.8 km, Rmss=0.83 sec, Gp=133°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source:
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
usc0006tm7

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Initial 5.0 magnitude earthquake USGS data here.