Moderate deep earthquake close to the Guatemala coast
Last update: November 17, 2011 at 2:09 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell
Earthquake overview : A moderate deep earthquake occurred at 7:30 local Guatemala time. The depth of the hypocenter will make this earthquake being felt in a wide.
To read the full story as it happened, we advise our readers to start at the lower part of the page (earthquake data).
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Update 13:59 UTC : NO damage or injuries are expected due to this earthquake
Update 13:59 UTC : The current earthquake is the third earthquake in the same area in less than 1 hour. The other 2 were respectively 4.6 and 5.0
Update 13:59 UTC : Based on the I Have Felt It reports from USGS, we can report that the earthquake was experienced as a MMI II-III shaking
Update 13:49 UTC : false alarm as the earthquake was very deep (96 km) which weakens the shaking very much
Update : focal depth is unknown at the moment (varies strongly depending on the source)
Update : Epicenter approx. 30 km inland of the Guatemala coast
Update : Seismogical agencies are currently calculating the earthquake data. Preliminary readings are mentioning 5.0 to 5.5 magnitude range.
for more and updates, go to: http://earthquake-report.com/2011/11/17/strong-earthquake-close-to-the-guatemala-coast/